1) to be or become small, be few, be diminished 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to diminish 1a2) to be too small 1b) (Piel) to become few 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make small, make few, diminish 1c2) to give less
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H4591 — מָעַט
ma.at · to diminish · Hebrew/Aramaic
20 tagged verse occurrences
Exodus 12:4 · יִמְעַ֣טIf the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.Exodus 16:17 · וְהַמַּמְעִֽיט׃So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.Exodus 16:18 · וְהַמַּמְעִ֖יטWhen they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.Exodus 30:15 · יַמְעִ֔יטIn making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.Leviticus 25:16 · מְעֹ֣ט · תַּמְעִ֖יטYou shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.Leviticus 26:22 · וְהִמְעִ֖יטָהI will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.Numbers 11:32 · הַמַּמְעִ֕יטAll that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.Numbers 26:54 · תַּמְעִ֖יטIncrease the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered.Numbers 33:54 · תַּמְעִ֣יטAnd you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.Numbers 35:8 · תַּמְעִ֑יטוּThe cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”2 Kings 4:3 · תַּמְעִֽיטִי׃“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.Nehemiah 9:32 · יִמְעַ֣טSo now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.Psalm 107:38 · יַמְעִֽיט׃He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.Psalm 107:39 · וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּWhen they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,Proverbs 13:11 · יִמְעָ֑טDishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.Ecclesiastes 12:3 · מִעֵ֔טוּon the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,Isaiah 21:17 · יִמְעָ֑טוּThe remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.Jeremiah 10:24 · תַּמְעִטֵֽנִי׃Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.Jeremiah 29:6 · תִּמְעָֽטוּ׃Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.Jeremiah 30:19 · יִמְעָ֔טוּThanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.