1 Kings 20:37:61 Kgs.20.37.W6TAB
נָ֑א
na
“please”
- Transliteration
- NA
- Extended
- NAA
- IPA
- /ˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- please
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
NA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-KEI-ni NA
- clause
va-yim-TSA ISH a-KHER va-yo-MER ha-KEI-ni NA
- sentence
va-yim-TSA ISH a-KHER va-yo-MER ha-KEI-ni NA va-ya-KE-hu ha-ISH ha-KE u-fa-TSO-a
Exegesis
intensify the summons, with na {נָא | nāʾ} ‘please’ conveying polite entreaty.
In context — 1 Kings 20:37
And he found another man, and he said, “Strike me, please.” So the man struck him—striking and wounding him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:37:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 20:37, so the Hebrew word נָ֑א (na) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.20.37.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.37.W6.S1) and character.