נָא
na
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na is an exhortative particle used with the command not to eat the offering raw or boiled.
The attested use is exhortative: it accompanies the prohibition concerning eating the offering raw or boiled in Exodus 12:9.
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Exhortation within a prohibition · dominant
The form נָ֔א is tagged as a Particle of Exhortation in Exodus 12:9, where it occurs with the command concerning how the offering must not be eaten. In Exodus 12:9 the APB renders the prohibition, "Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water," before directing that it be roasted with fire.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Exodus 12:9, the APB presents the clause as a prohibition, "Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water." Its specific English equivalent for the particle cannot be isolated.