2 Samuel 18:19:52 Sam.18.19.W5TAB
נָ֣א
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
a-RU-tsa NA va-a-vas-se-RA
- clause
a-MAR a-RU-tsa NA va-a-vas-se-RA et-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-a-khi-MA-ats BEN-tsa-DOK a-MAR a-RU-tsa NA va-a-vas-se-RA et-ha-ME-lekh KI-she-fa-TO ye-ho-VAH mi-YAD o-ye-VAV
Exegesis
Two successive cohortatives—ertsa-na {אֶרְצָה־נָּא | ’er-ṣāh-nā} ‘let me run’ and avasharah {וַאֲבַשְּׂרָה | wā-’ă-vaš-rāh} ‘let me bring news’—express both urgency and deference.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:19
And Ahimaaz, son of Zadok, said, “Let me run, please, and let me bring news to the king, for the LORD has vindicated him from the hand of his enemies .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 18:19, so the Hebrew word נָ֣א (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.18.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.19.W5.S1) and character.