1 Samuel 20:36:51 Sam.20.36.W5TAB
נָ֛א
na
“please or now”
- Transliteration
- NA
- Extended
- NAA
- IPA
- /ˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- please or now
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
me-TSA NA
- clause
va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO RUTS me-TSA NA et-ha-KHI-tsim a-SHER a-no-KHI mo-RE
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-na-a-RO RUTS me-TSA NA et-ha-KHI-tsim a-SHER a-no-KHI mo-RE ha-NA-ar RATS ve-HU-YA-ra ha-KHE-tsi le-ha-a-vi-RO
Root and etymology
נ־ע־ם
“pleasant”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:36
Then he said to the boy , “Run and find the arrows that I will shoot.” And the boy ran, and he shot an arrow beyond him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:36:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 20:36, so the Hebrew word נָ֛א (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 Sam.20.36.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.36.W5.S1) and character.