2 Samuel 15:7:92 Sam.15.7.W9TAB
נָּ֗א
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
e-le-KHA NA
- clause
va-yo-MER av-sha-LOM el-ha-ME-lekh e-le-KHA NA va-a-sha-LEM et-nid-RI a-sher-na-DAR-ti la-ye-ho-VAH be-khev-RON
- sentence
va-ye-HI mik-KETS ar-ba-IM sha-NA va-yo-MER av-sha-LOM el-ha-ME-lekh e-le-KHA NA va-a-sha-LEM et-nid-RI a-sher-na-DAR-ti la-ye-ho-VAH be-khev-RON
Exegesis
The cohortatives ʼelkha nā {אֵלְכָה נָּא | ’elkhâ nā} ‘let me go, please’ and vaʼăšallem {וַאֲשַׁלֵּם | vaʾăšallem} ‘and let me pay’ convey polite entreaty.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:7
And it was at the end of four years that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow which I vowed to the LORD in Hebron.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 15:7, so the Hebrew word נָּ֗א (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 2 Sam.15.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.7.W9.S1) and character.