*nā: 'pray, please; surely' (precative particle)

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*nā
Meaning	'pray, please; surely' (precative particle)
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	nāʾ, with imperative, cohortative and jussive (Gen 18:21; Num 12:13) (HALOT 656)	HALOT 656	gloss withheld
Amorite	na: Šu-ub-na-AN (Huffmon APNM 236)	Huffmon APNM 236	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	-n enclitic morpheme (DULAT 602)	DULAT 602
Aramaic	nh (GnAp 20:25) (HALOT 656)	HALOT 656
Amharic	nā (HALOT 656)	HALOT 656
Akkadian	-na (HALOT 656)	HALOT 656
Phoenician	-n, ʔpqn (DNWSI 710)	DNWSI 710	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

DULAT 602 compares Hb. nʔ with Ugaritic -n. Not 3482 *hn 'behold'.

Updated 31 October 2026