H0577

אָֽנָּ֫א

an.naH:Intj

Please!

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

The KJV translates H0577 in the following manner:

beseech (14x), thee (4x), O (2x), Oh (2x), pray (2x), truly (2x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אָֽנָּ֫א interjection (from אָהּ and נָא, q. v.) a strong particle of entreaty, ah, now! I (or We) beseech thee! often followed by an imperative; Gen 50:17 (to Joseph) ׳אָנָּא שָׂא נָא וג Ah, now ! forgive, we pray, etc., Exod 32:31 (to God); elsewhere always followed by ׳י or אֲדֹנָי Ps 118:25 (twice in verse); Neh 1:5; Neh 1:11; Dan 9:4. Written אָֽנָּ֫ה 2Kgs 20:3 (= Isa 38:3) Jonah 1:14; Jonah 4:2; Ps 116:4; Ps 116:16.


12 occurrences

Genesis (1), Exodus (1), II Kings (1), Nehemiah (2), Psalms (3), Isaiah (1), Daniel (1), Jonah (2)