אנא

Etymology
From, from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) I

Adverb

 * 1)  please

Usage notes

 * Though in formal and Biblical Hebrew the stress falls on the final syllable (i.e. aná, in romanized Hebrew)—as can be seen in the verse quoted from Psalm 118 above—in spoken, Modern Hebrew, the stress always falls on the initial syllable (i.e. ána, in romanized Hebrew).
 * In Modern Hebrew, is used mostly for formal, personal requests, and carries a sense of "I beg of you". For informal requests  is far more common, and for formal, general requests (e.g. "no smoking please")  is more common.
 * In Modern Hebrew, is chiefly followed by the imperative in positive requests, or somewhat less commonly, by the imperfect, while in the negative it can be followed by either the imperfect or the infinitive, depending on which negative particle, either  or, respectively, is used. See the example sentences above.
 * In Modern Hebrew, may be combined with other, similar words such as  or, for added politeness or exhortation.