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 is too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls; according to what everyone can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.Exodus 16:17 · וְהַמַּמְעִֽיט׃The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.Exodus 16:18 · וְהַמַּמְעִ֖יטWhen they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who 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 the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.Leviticus 25:16 · מְעֹ֣ט · תַּמְעִ֖יטAccording to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.Leviticus 26:22 · וְהִמְעִ֖יטָהI will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your roads will become desolate.Numbers 11:32 · הַמַּמְעִ֕יטThe people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails. He who gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them all abroad for themselves around the camp.Numbers 26:54 · תַּמְעִ֖יטTo the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: to everyone according to those who were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.Numbers 33:54 · תַּמְעִ֣יטYou shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.Numbers 35:8 · תַּמְעִ֑יטוּConcerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites.”2 Kings 4:3 · תַּמְעִֽיטִי׃Then he said, “Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Don’t borrow just a few.Nehemiah 9:32 · יִמְעַ֣טNow therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.Psalm 107:38 · יַמְעִֽיט׃He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.Psalm 107:39 · וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּAgain, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.Proverbs 13:11 · יִמְעָ֑טWealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.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 who look out of the windows are darkened,Isaiah 21:17 · יִמְעָ֑טוּand the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”Jeremiah 10:24 · תַּמְעִטֵֽנִי׃Yahweh, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.Jeremiah 29:6 · תִּמְעָֽטוּ׃Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and don’t be diminished.Jeremiah 30:19 · יִמְעָ֔טוּOut of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.