Numbers 16:26:5Num.16.26.W5TAB
נָא
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
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va-ye-da-BER el-ha-e-DAH le-MOR SU-ru NA me-AL o-ha-LEI ha-a-na-SHIM ha-re-sha-EEM ha-e-LEH ve-AL-TIG-u be-KHOL-a-sher la-HEM pen-ti-SA-fu be-KHOL-kha-to-TAM
Exegesis
The imperative suru na {ס֣וּרוּ נָ֡א | sûrû nā} ‘turn aside please’ combines command and entreaty for urgent appeal.
Root and etymology
n-ʾ-ṣ
“to despise, treat with contempt”
In context — Numbers 16:26
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Turn aside now from the tents of these wicked ones , and do not touch anything that belongs to them, lest you be swept away because of all their sins.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:26, so the Hebrew word נָא (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 Num.16.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.26.W5.S1) and character.