Genesis 19:20:10Gen.19.20.W10TAB
נָּ֜א
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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The word
Word in context
- word
NA
- phraseyour reading level
im-mal-TA NA
- clause
im-mal-TA NA SHAM-ma ha-LO mi-tse-AR HI u-te-KHI naf-SHI
- 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 19:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 19:20, so the Hebrew word נָּ֜א (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 Gen.19.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.20.W10.S1) and character.