2 Kings 20:3:12 Kgs.20.3.W1TAB
אָנָּ֣ה
anna
“please”
- Transliteration
- AN-na
- Extended
- AAN-nah
- IPA
- /ˈʔaːn.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AN-na
- phraseyour reading level
AN-na ye-ho-VAH
- clause
AN-na ye-ho-VAH ze-KHAR-na ET a-SHER hit-ha-LAKH-te le-fa-NE-kha be-e-MET u-ve-le-VAV sha-LEM ve-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SI-te
- sentence
AN-na ye-ho-VAH ze-KHAR-na ET a-SHER hit-ha-LAKH-te le-fa-NE-kha be-e-MET u-ve-le-VAV sha-LEM ve-ha-TOV be-e-NE-kha a-SI-te va-YEV-kh khiz-ki-YA-hu be-KHI ga-DOL
Exegesis
The verse begins with the interjection anah {אָנָּה | ʾăn-nāh} ‘O now!’
In context — 2 Kings 20:3
Please, LORD , call to mind that I have lived in your presence with truth and with an undivided heart, and that I have done what is good in your eyes. Hezekiah wept with great weeping .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 20:3, so the Hebrew word אָנָּ֣ה (anna) 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 2 Kgs.20.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.3.W1.S1) and character.