Strong's Hebrew: 577. אָנָּא (annah or anna) -- "I beseech," "please," "O," "I pray"

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Lexicon

annah or anna: "I beseech," "please," "O," "I pray"

Original Word: אָנּאָ
Part of Speech: Interjection
Transliteration: anna'
Pronunciation: ahn-NAH
Phonetic Spelling: (awn-naw')
KJV: I (me) beseech (pray) thee, O
NASB: beseech, O, alas, beg, earnestly pray, please
Word Origin: [apparent contracted from H160 (אַהֲבָה - love) and H4994 (נָא - please)]

1. oh now!

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

I beseech thee, O

Or mannah {awn-naw'}; apparent contracted from 'ahabah and na'; oh now! -- I (me) beseech (pray) thee, O.

see HEBREW 'ahabah

see HEBREW na'

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
ah, now! I (we) beseech you!
NASB Translation
alas (2), beg (1), beseech (7), earnestly pray (1), O (7), please (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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; Genesis 50:17 (to Joseph) ׳אָנָּא שָׂא נָא וג Ah, now ! forgive, we pray, etc., Exodus 32:31 (to God); elsewhere always followed by ׳י or אֲדֹנָי Psalm 118:25 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 1:5,11; Daniel 9:4. Written אָֽנָּ֫ה 2 Kings 20:3 (= Isaiah 38:3) Jonah 1:14; Jonah 4:2; Psalm 116:4; Psalm 116:16.

אנב (perhaps spring, leap, so Dl^{HA 65, Pr 114}, inferred from Assyrian annabu, hare; against this Nö^{ZMG 1886, 734}).

Forms and Transliterations

אָ֣נָּ֗א אָ֣נָּ֡א אָֽנָּ֣ה אָֽנָּ֤א אָֽנָּ֥א אָנָּ֣א אָנָּ֣ה אָנָּ֤א אָנָּ֤ה אָנָּ֥ה אנא אנה ’ān·nā ’ān·nāh ’ānnā ’ānnāh anNa anNah

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Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 50:17
HEB: תֹאמְר֣וּ לְיוֹסֵ֗ף אָ֣נָּ֡א שָׂ֣א נָ֠א
NAS: forgive, I beg you, the transgression
KJV: Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass
INT: shall say to Joseph beg forgive Please

Exodus 32:31
HEB: יְהוָ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אָ֣נָּ֗א חָטָ֞א הָעָ֤ם
NAS: and said, Alas, this
KJV: and said, Oh, this people
INT: the LORD and said Alas has committed people

2 Kings 20:3
HEB: אָנָּ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה זְכָר־
NAS: Remember now, O LORD, I beseech
KJV: I beseech thee, O LORD, remember
INT: O LORD Remember

Nehemiah 1:5
HEB: וָאֹמַ֗ר אָֽנָּ֤א יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י
NAS: I said, I beseech You, O LORD God
KJV: And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God
INT: said beseech God God

Nehemiah 1:11
HEB: אָנָּ֣א אֲדֹנָ֗י תְּהִ֣י
NAS: O Lord, I beseech
KJV: O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear
INT: O Lord become

Psalm 116:4
HEB: יְהוָ֥ה אֶקְרָ֑א אָנָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה מַלְּטָ֥ה
NAS: O LORD, I beseech You, save
KJV: O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver
INT: of the LORD called beseech LORD save

Psalm 116:16
HEB: אָֽנָּ֣ה יְהוָה֮ כִּֽי־
NAS: O LORD, surely
KJV: O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant;
INT: O LORD surely

Psalm 118:25
HEB: אָנָּ֣א יְ֭הוָה הוֹשִׁ֘יעָ֥ה
NAS: O LORD, do save,
KJV: Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD:
INT: O LORD save

Psalm 118:25
HEB: הוֹשִׁ֘יעָ֥ה נָּ֑א אָֽנָּ֥א יְ֝הוָ֗ה הַצְלִ֘יחָ֥ה
NAS: do save, we beseech You; O LORD,
KJV: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
INT: save we beseech LORD send

Isaiah 38:3
HEB: וַיֹּאמַ֗ר אָנָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ זְכָר־
NAS: Remember now, O LORD, I beseech
KJV: now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked
INT: and said O LORD Remember

Daniel 9:4
HEB: וָאֶתְוַדֶּ֑ה וָאֹֽמְרָ֗ה אָנָּ֤א אֲדֹנָי֙ הָאֵ֤ל
NAS: and said, Alas, O Lord,
KJV: and said, O Lord,
INT: and confessed and said Alas Lord God

Jonah 1:14
HEB: יְהוָ֜ה וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ אָנָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אַל־
NAS: and said, We earnestly pray, O LORD,
KJV: and said, We beseech thee, O LORD,
INT: the LORD and said earnestly LORD nay

Jonah 4:2
HEB: יְהוָ֜ה וַיֹּאמַ֗ר אָנָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ הֲלוֹא־
NAS: and said, Please LORD,
KJV: and said, I pray thee, O LORD,
INT: God and said Please God was not

13 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 577
13 Occurrences

’ān·nā — 7 Occ.
’ān·nāh — 6 Occ.