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title: אָנָּא — ah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָנָּא (577), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: ah. BDB 1906: interj. ah, now! we beseech thee!. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָנָּא

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«אָנָּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 577 · **BDB:** אָֽנָּ֫א

### Glosses

please! (13)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/577/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

interj. ah, now! we beseech thee! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/577/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** interj. (from אָהּ and נָא, q.v.) a strong part. of entreaty, ah, now! I (or we) beseech thee! often sq. an imper.; Gn 50:17 (to Joseph) אָנָּא שָׂא נָא וג׳ Ah, now! forgive, we pray, etc., Ex 32:31 (to God); elsewhere always sq. י׳ or אֲדֹנָי ψ 118:25(×2) Ne 1:5, 11 Dn 9:4. Written אָֽנָּ֫ה 2 K 20:3 (= Is 38:3) Jon 1:14; 4:2 ψ 116:4, 16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָנָּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/577/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 118:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.118.25/)

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אָנָּ֣א יְ֭הוָה הוֹשִׁ֘יעָ֥ה נָּ֑א אָֽנָּ֥א יְ֝הוָ֗ה הַצְלִ֘יחָ֥ה נָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* please! O.Yahweh save please please! O.Yahweh grant success please

*JPS 1917:* We beseech Thee, O LORD, save now! We beseech Thee, O LORD, make us now to prosper!

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[Psalms 116:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.116.4/)

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וּבְשֵֽׁם־יְהוָ֥ה אֶקְרָ֑א אָנָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה מַלְּטָ֥ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* and on the.name of.Yahweh I.called please! O.Yahweh deliver life my

*JPS 1917:* But I called upon the name of the LORD: 'I beseech thee, O LORD, deliver my soul.'

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