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 · יִמְעַ֣ט‘(And if the household be too few for a lamb, then hath he taken, he and his neighbour who is near unto his house, for the number of persons, each according to his eating ye do count for the lamb,)Exodus 16:17 · וְהַמַּמְעִֽיט׃And the sons of Israel do so, and they gather, he who is gathering much, and he who is gathering little;Exodus 16:18 · וְהַמַּמְעִ֖יטand they measure with an omer, and he who is gathering much hath nothing over, and he who is gathering little hath no lack, each according to his eating they have gathered.Exodus 30:15 · יַמְעִ֔יטthe rich doth not multiply, and the poor doth not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.Leviticus 25:16 · מְעֹ֣ט · תַּמְעִ֖יטaccording to the multitude of the years thou dost multiply its price, and according to the fewness of the years thou dost diminish its price; for a number of increases he is selling to thee;Leviticus 26:22 · וְהִמְעִ֖יטָהand sent against you the beast of the field, and it hath bereaved you; and I have cut off your cattle, and have made you few, and your ways have been desolate.Numbers 11:32 · הַמַּמְעִ֕יטAnd the people rise all that day, and all the night, and all the day after, and gather the quails—he who hath least hath gathered ten homers—and they spread them out for themselves round about the camp.Numbers 26:54 · תַּמְעִ֖יטto the many thou dost increase their inheritance, and to the few thou dost diminish their inheritance; to each according to his numbered ones is given his inheritance.Numbers 33:54 · תַּמְעִ֣יט‘And ye have inherited the land by lot, by your families; to the many ye increase their inheritance, and to the few ye diminish their inheritance; whither the lot goeth out to him, it is his; by the tribes of your fathers ye inherit.Numbers 35:8 · תַּמְעִ֑יטוּAnd the cities which ye give are of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many ye multiply, and from the few ye diminish; each, according to his inheritance which they inherit, doth give of his cities to the Levites.’2 Kings 4:3 · תַּמְעִֽיטִי׃And he saith, ‘Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours—empty vessels—let them not be few;Nehemiah 9:32 · יִמְעַ֣ט‘And now, O our God—God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful, keeping the covenant and the kindness—let not all the travail that hath found us be little before Thee, for our kings, for our heads, and for our priests, and for our prophets, and for our fathers, and for all Thy people, from the days of the kings of Asshur unto this day;Psalm 107:38 · יַמְעִֽיט׃And He blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly, And their cattle He doth not diminish.Psalm 107:39 · וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּAnd they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow.Proverbs 13:11 · יִמְעָ֑טWealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.Ecclesiastes 12:3 · מִעֵ֔טוּIn the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,Isaiah 21:17 · יִמְעָ֑טוּAnd the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!’Jeremiah 10:24 · תַּמְעִטֵֽנִי׃Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.Jeremiah 29:6 · תִּמְעָֽטוּ׃Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;Jeremiah 30:19 · יִמְעָ֔טוּAnd gone forth from them hath thanksgiving, And the voice of playful ones, And I have multiplied them and they are not few, And made them honourable, and they are not small.