Strong's #4994: na' (pronounced naw)
a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered: "I pray," "now," or "then"; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction:--I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
nâ'
1) I (we) pray, now, please
1a) used in entreaty or exhortation
Part of Speech: participle
Relation: a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered: "I pray," "now," or "then"
Usage:
This word is used 403 times:
Numbers 20:10: "gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels;"
Numbers 20:17: "Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither"
Numbers 22:6: "Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for"
Numbers 22:16: "the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto"
Numbers 22:17: "and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse"
Numbers 22:19: "Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know"
Numbers 23:13: "said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place,"
Numbers 23:27: "unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place;"
Deuteronomy 3:25: " I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond"
Deuteronomy 4:32: "For ask now of the days that are past, which were before"
Joshua 2:12: "Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness,"
Joshua 7:19: "Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel,"
Joshua 7:19: "and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not"
Joshua 22:26: "Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt"
Judges 1:24: "the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show"
Judges 4:19: "And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty."
Judges 6:17: "And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show"
Judges 6:18: "Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto"
Judges 6:39: "but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now"
Judges 6:39: "but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon"
Judges 7:3: "Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful"
Judges 8:5: "unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that"
Judges 9:2: "Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better"
Judges 9:38: "that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight"
Judges 10:15: "unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day."
Judges 11:17: "the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom"
Judges 11:19: "and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place."
Judges 12:6: "Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame"
Judges 13:3: "and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not:"
Judges 13:4: "Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat"
Judges 13:15: "unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid"
Judges 14:12: "And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare"
Judges 15:2: "her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead"
Judges 16:6: "to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith"
Judges 16:10: "me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound."
Judges 16:28: "O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this"
Judges 16:28: "remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God,"
Judges 18:5: "And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we"
Judges 19:6: "unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry."
Judges 19:8: "said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon,"
Judges 19:9: "father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you"
Judges 19:9: "the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end,"
Judges 19:11: "unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city"
Judges 19:23: "unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that"
Judges 19:24: "a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good"
Ruth 2:2: "said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn"
Ruth 2:7: "And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came,"
1 Samuel 2:36: "of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat"
1 Samuel 3:17: "that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God"
1 Samuel 9:3: "Saul his son, Take now one of the servants"
