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 · יִמְעַ֣טAnd if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.Exodus 16:17 · וְהַמַּמְעִֽיט׃And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.Exodus 16:18 · וְהַמַּמְעִ֖יטAnd when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.Exodus 30:15 · יַמְעִ֔יטThe rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.Leviticus 25:16 · מְעֹ֣ט · תַּמְעִ֖יטAccording to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for [according] to the number [of the years] of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.Leviticus 26:22 · וְהִמְעִ֖יטָהI will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your [high] ways shall be desolate.Numbers 11:32 · הַמַּמְעִ֕יטAnd the people stood up all that day, and all [that] night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread [them] all abroad for themselves round about the camp.Numbers 26:54 · תַּמְעִ֖יטTo many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.Numbers 33:54 · תַּמְעִ֣יטAnd ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: [and] to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s [inheritance] shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.Numbers 35:8 · תַּמְעִ֑יטוּAnd the cities which ye shall give [shall be] of the possession of the children of Israel: from [them that have] many ye shall give many; but from [them that have] few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.2 Kings 4:3 · תַּמְעִֽיטִי׃Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few.Nehemiah 9:32 · יִמְעַ֣טNow therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.Psalm 107:38 · יַמְעִֽיט׃He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.Psalm 107:39 · וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּAgain, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.Proverbs 13:11 · יִמְעָ֑טWealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.Ecclesiastes 12:3 · מִעֵ֔טוּIn the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,Isaiah 21:17 · יִמְעָ֑טוּAnd the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken [it].Jeremiah 10:24 · תַּמְעִטֵֽנִי׃O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.Jeremiah 29:6 · תִּמְעָֽטוּ׃Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.Jeremiah 30:19 · יִמְעָ֔טוּAnd out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.