Genesis 19:20:1Gen.19.20.W1TAB
הִנֵּה־נָ֠א
hinnehna
“behold please”
- Transliteration
- hin-neh-NA
- Extended
- hin-neh-NAA
- IPA
- /hin.neː.ˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- behold please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hin-neh-NA
- clause
hin-neh-NA ha-IR ha-ZOT ke-ro-VA la-NUS SHAM-ma ve-HI mi-tse-AR
- sentence
hin-neh-NA ha-IR ha-ZOT ke-ro-VA la-NUS SHAM-ma ve-HI mi-tse-AR im-mal-TA NA SHAM-ma ha-LO mi-tse-AR HI u-te-KHI naf-SHI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the emphatic particle hinneh {הִנֵּה | hin-nēh} ‘behold’ combined with the entreaty particle na {נָּא | nā} ‘please’, highlighting Lot’s urgent appeal.
Root and etymology
n-ʾnun–aleph
“please, now”
In context — Genesis 19:20
See now, this city lies close for flight, and it is small. Please let me escape there—surely it is but a small place?—so that my soul may live.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:20, so the Hebrew word הִנֵּה־נָ֠א (hinnehna) 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 Gen.19.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.20.W1.S1) and character.