H577 אָנָּא (ʼânnâʼ) awn-naw'

Hebrew

Intj (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

Please!

Strong's Definition

oh now!

Derivation: or אָנָּה; apparent contracted from H160 (אַהֲבָה) and H4994 (נָא);

KJV Usage: I (me) beseech (pray) thee, O.

TWOT Reference: 122

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) ah now! I/we beseech you, oh now!, pray now! (participle of entreaty usually followed by the imperative verb)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָֽנָּ֫א (an.na) — Please!. ah now! I/we beseech you, oh now!, pray now! (participle of entreaty usually followed by the imperative verb)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אָנָּא (H0577)

intj

Evaluators

please, I beg you = marker introducing a very humble request

GEN 50:17 · EXO 32:31 · 2KI 20:3 · NEH 1:5 · NEH 1:11 · PSA 116:4 · PSA 116:16 · PSA 118:25 · PSA 118:25 · ISA 38:3 · DAN 9:4 · JON 1:14 · JON 4:2

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָֽנָּ֫א interj. a strong part. of entreaty, ah, now! I (or we) beseech thee! oft. sq. an imper. base

Bible Occurrences (12)

50:17

32:31

20:3

1:5 1:11

116:4 116:16 118:25

38:3

9:4

1:14 4:2

Genesis 50:17

This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong. So now, [Joseph], please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father. When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

Exodus 32:31

So Moses returned to the LORD and said, Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.

2 Kings 20:3

Please, O LORD, remember... how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done [what is] good in Your sight. And Hezekiah... wept bitterly.

Nehemiah 1:5

Then I said: O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, may Your ear be... attentive to [my] prayer... and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)

Isaiah 38:3

saying, Please, O LORD, remember... how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done [what is] good in Your sight. And Hezekiah... wept bitterly.

Daniel 9:4

And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed..., O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Jonah 1:14

So they cried out to the LORD...: Please, O LORD, do not... let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.