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na is a particle that marks requests, appeals, and urging in direct speech.
Across the supplied verses, na functions in direct speech to frame a requested, urged, or appealed-for action, whether addressed to God, a ruler, or another person.
Senses in use
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Particle marking requests and appeals · dominant
The supplied forms are tagged as Particle · Exhortation or Particle · Interjection and occur within direct requests. In 1 Kings 13:6 the APB renders the king's appeal, "Please entreat the face of the LORD your God and pray for me"; in 1 Samuel 25:28 it renders Abigail's appeal, "Please forgive the transgression of your servant"; and in 1 Kings 17:10 it renders a request for water, "Please take for me a little water."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly makes the particle visible with "please" in requests and appeals, though its loose, whole-verse wording may place that English expression differently within a clause or leave it unexpressed.