Judges 13:4:3Judg.13.4.W3TAB
נָ֔א
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
hish-sha-me-RI NA
- clause
ve-a-TA hish-sha-me-RI NA ve-al-TISH-te YA-yin ve-she-KHAR
- sentence
ve-a-TA hish-sha-me-RI NA ve-al-TISH-te YA-yin ve-she-KHAR ve-al-TO-khe-le kol-ta-ME
Exegesis
The conjunction ve'attah {וְעַתָּה֙ | və-ʿattāh} ‘and now’ introduces a temporal shift into a direct command, followed by the niphal imperative hishhameri {הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי | hiššāmərî} ‘guard yourself’, with the entreaty particle na {נָ֔א | nāʼ} to underscore appeal.
Root and etymology
ב־ו־א
“to come”
In context — Judges 13:4
Now therefore, please take care, you must not drink wine or strong drink, and you must not eat anything unclean.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 13:4, so the Hebrew word נָ֔א (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 Judg.13.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.4.W3.S1) and character.