Original Language Studio
Nehemiah 1:11
“O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H577 · Hebrew
- Definition
- oh now!
- Derivation
- or אָנָּה; apparent contracted from H160 (אַהֲבָה) and H4994 (נָא);
- KJV renderings
- I (me) beseech (pray) thee, O.
- Grammar
- אָנָּ֣א — particle (exhortation)
- Usage
- Occurs 13 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 50:17Exodus 32:312 Kings 20:3Nehemiah 1:5Psalms 116:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָנָּא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.