Job 17:10:5Job.17.10.W5TAB
נָ֑א
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
ku-LAM ta-SHU-vu u-VO-u NA
- clause
ve-u-LAM ku-LAM ta-SHU-vu u-VO-u NA
- sentence
ve-u-LAM ku-LAM ta-SHU-vu u-VO-u NA ve-LO-E-me-TSA va-KHEM KHA-kham
Exegesis
The particle na {נָא | nāʾ} ‘please’ adds an entreating surface that can also carry irony in a disputational context.
In context — Job 17:10
Yet, all of you, return and come, please; and I will not find a wise man among you.
About this coordinate
Job 17:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 17:10, so the Hebrew word נָ֑א (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 Job.17.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.10.W5.S1) and character.