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:
1 Samuel 9:6: "And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honorable"
1 Samuel 9:6: "that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure"
1 Samuel 9:18: "the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house"
1 Samuel 10:15: "uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said"
1 Samuel 14:17: "that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from"
1 Samuel 14:29: "the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because"
1 Samuel 15:25: "Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship"
1 Samuel 15:30: "I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before"
1 Samuel 16:15: "said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth"
1 Samuel 16:16: "Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning"
1 Samuel 16:17: "unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring"
1 Samuel 16:22: "Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found"
1 Samuel 17:17: "unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched"
1 Samuel 19:2: "seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret"
1 Samuel 20:29: "And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother,"
1 Samuel 20:29: "favor in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore"
1 Samuel 20:36: "unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I"
1 Samuel 22:3: "the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till"
1 Samuel 22:7: "that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give"
1 Samuel 22:12: "And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here"
1 Samuel 23:11: "O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said,"
1 Samuel 23:22: "Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place"
1 Samuel 25:8: "a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand"
1 Samuel 25:24: "my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear"
1 Samuel 25:25: "Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this"
1 Samuel 25:28: " I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make"
1 Samuel 26:8: "this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once,"
1 Samuel 26:11: "that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now"
1 Samuel 26:19: "Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant."
1 Samuel 27:5: "unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give"
1 Samuel 28:8: "the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up,"
1 Samuel 28:22: "Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set"
1 Samuel 30:7: "the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought"
2 Samuel 1:4: "him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people"
2 Samuel 1:9: "He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish"
2 Samuel 2:14: "to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab"
2 Samuel 7:2: "Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar,"
2 Samuel 13:5: "to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give"
2 Samuel 13:6: "said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make"
2 Samuel 13:7: "Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress"
2 Samuel 13:13: "of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for"
2 Samuel 13:17: "that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me,"
2 Samuel 13:24: "the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee,"
2 Samuel 13:24: "thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant."
2 Samuel 13:25: "my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto"
2 Samuel 13:26: "Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with"
2 Samuel 13:28: "his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine,"
2 Samuel 14:2: "a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now"
2 Samuel 14:2: "unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint"
2 Samuel 14:11: "Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not"
