נָא

1. to the imperative, especially in colloquial style, when it expresses an entreaty or admonition, as 1 Mos 12,13 אִמְרִינָֿא say, I pray, 1 Mos 13,9 נָא מֵעָלַי הִפָּרֶדֿ, v1 Mos 13,14 שָׂאנָֿא עֵינֶיךָ, 1 Mos 15,5 הַבֶּטנָֿא השׁמימה, 1 Mos 24,2 + often, 4 Mos 20,10 שׁמעונֿא המוֺרים, Dom 13,4; Dom 16,6; Dom 16,10; Dom 16,28; Dom 18,5, etc., Es 1,18; Es 5,3; Amos 7,2; Amos 7,5 rarely in a command, 1 Mos 22,2; Es 7,3). Ironically, in a challenge, Es 47,12; Job 40,10. Once anomalously attached to a substantive, or (accents) prefixed to a verb, 4 Mos 12,13 אֵ֕ל נָא֛ רְָˆפא נָא֖ (Ew ^{§ 246 a} Di אַלנָֿא; see 3 b).

2. to the perfect with waw consecutive, in a precative sense (Dr^{§ 119} δ) 1 Mos 40,14.

3. to the imperfect, when leave is asked, or a prayer or desire expressed;
\ \ a. in 1 person, especially with ה cohortative, 1 Mos 19,8 אוציאהנֿא let me, I pray, bring out, v1 Mos 19,20 אִמָּֽלְטָהנָּֿא שָׁ֑מָּה, 1 Mos 24,12 הַקְרֵהנָֿא לְפָנַי v1 Mos 24,14 הַטִּינָֿא v1 Mos 24,17 v1 Mos 24,23 v1 Mos 24,43 v1 Mos 24,45; 1 Mos 25,30; 1 Mos 32,12; 1 Mos 32,30 + often, 2 Mos 3,18 נלכהנֿא let us go, I pray, 4 Mos 20,17; Es 5,5 and in self-deliberation, 1 Mos 18,21 ארדהנּֿא I will go down, now ! 2 Mos 3,3 אסורהנּֿא ואראה I will turn aside, now, and see, 2 Sam 14,15; Hoj 3,2; Es 5,1 with אַל Job 32,21.
\ \ b. in 2 person, with אַל, in deprecation, 1 Mos 18,3 אלנֿא תעבר מעל עבדך, 1 Mos 19,7; 1 Mos 47,29; 4 Mos 10,31, etc.; hence elliptical אלנֿא do not, I pray, (do this,) 1 Mos 19,18; 1 Mos 33,10; 4 Mos 12,13 Ew Di.
\ \ c. in 3 person, 1 Mos 18,4 יֻקַּחנָֿא let there be brought, I pray, 1 Mos 26,28; 1 Mos 33,14; 1 Mos 44,18; 1 Mos 44,33, etc., 2 Sam 14,11; 2 Sam 14,12; 2 Sam 14,17; 1 Kong 17,21; 2 Kong 2,9; Sl 7,10; Sl 118,2; Sl 118,3 ironically Es 19,12; Es 47,13, or defiantly Jer 17,15 where is the word of J.? יָבוֺא נָא; with אַל, 1 Mos 13,8 אַלנָֿא תְהִי מְרִיבָה, 1 Mos 18,30 אַלנָֿא יִחַר לַאדֹנָי, 1 Mos 37,27; 4 Mos 12,12.

4. joined to conjunctions and interjections:
\ \ a. [אָהּנָֿא, contracted] אָ֫נָּא.
\ \ b. אַלנָֿא see above 3 b, c. c. אִםנָֿא, especially in the phrase אם נא מצאתי חן בעיניך, used by one craving a favourable hearing 1 Mos 30,27; 1 Mos 33,10; Dom 6,17; 1 Sam 27,5, and with נא repeated in the request itself 1 Mos 18,3; 1 Mos 47,29; 1 Mos 50,4; 2 Mos 33,13; 2 Mos 34,9 otherwise 1 Mos 24,42.
\ \ d. הִנֵּהנָֿא behold, I pray, craving a favourable consideration of the fact pointed to by הִנֵּה, and of the request founded upon it (with which נא is often repeated), 1 Mos 12,11; 1 Mos 16,2; 1 Mos 18,27; 1 Mos 18,31; 1 Mos 19,2; 1 Mos 19,8; 1 Mos 19,19; 1 Mos 19,20; 1 Mos 27,2; Dom 13,3; Dom 19,9; 1 Sam 9,6; 1 Sam 16,15; 2 Sam 13,24; 2 Kong 2,16; 2 Kong 2,19; 2 Kong 4,9 +, Job 13,18; Job 33,2; Job 40,15; Job 40,16.
\ \ e. (לנו) אוֺינָֿא לי Woe, now, to me (us) ! Jer 4,31; Jer 45,3; Klg 5,16. feminine אַיֵּהנָֿא where, pray ? Sl 115,2.
\ \ g. נֶגְדָּהנָּֿא, peculiarly, Sl 116,14; Sl 116,18 my vows to J. I will perform, נגדהנֿא לכלעֿמו O that (it may be) before all his people !