1) littleness, few, a little, fewness 1a) little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little 1b) like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth
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H4592 — מְעַט
me.at · little · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 18:4 · מְעַט־Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.Genesis 24:17 · מְעַט־So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”Genesis 24:43 · מְעַט־Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’Genesis 26:10 · כִּ֠מְעַט“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”Genesis 30:15 · הַמְעַט֙But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”Genesis 30:30 · מְעַט֩Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”Genesis 43:2 · מְעַט־So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”Genesis 43:11 · מְעַ֤ט · וּמְעַ֣טThen their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.Genesis 44:25 · מְעַט־Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’Genesis 47:9 · מְעַ֣ט“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”Exodus 17:4 · מְעַ֖טThen Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”Exodus 23:30 · מְעַ֥ט · מְעַ֛טLittle by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.Leviticus 25:52 · מְעַ֞טIf only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to calculate and pay his redemption according to his remaining years.Numbers 13:18 · הַמְעַ֥טSee what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.Numbers 16:9 · הַמְעַ֣טIs it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?Numbers 16:13 · הַמְעַ֗טIs it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?Numbers 26:54 · וְלַמְעַ֕טIncrease 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 26:56 · לִמְעָֽט׃ סEach inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”Numbers 33:54 · וְלַמְעַט֙And 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 · הַמְעַ֖טThe 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.”Deuteronomy 7:7 · הַמְעַ֖טThe LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.Deuteronomy 7:22 · מְעַ֣ט · מְעָ֑טThe LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.Deuteronomy 26:5 · מְעָ֑טand you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.Deuteronomy 28:38 · וּמְעַ֣טYou will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.Deuteronomy 28:62 · מְעָ֔טYou who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.Joshua 7:3 · מְעַ֖טOn returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”Joshua 22:17 · הַמְעַט־Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.Judges 4:19 · מְעַט־Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.Ruth 2:7 · מְעָֽט׃She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”1 Samuel 14:6 · בִמְעָֽט׃Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”1 Samuel 14:29 · מְעַ֖ט“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.1 Samuel 14:43 · מְעַ֥ט“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”1 Samuel 17:28 · מְעַ֨טNow when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”2 Samuel 12:8 · מְעָ֔טI gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.2 Samuel 16:1 · מְעַט֙When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.2 Samuel 19:36 · כִּמְעַ֞טYour servant will go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?1 Kings 17:10 · מְעַט־So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”1 Kings 17:12 · וּמְעַט־But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”2 Kings 10:18 · מְעָ֑טThen Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.1 Chronicles 16:19 · כִּמְעַ֖טWhen they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,2 Chronicles 12:7 · כִּמְעַט֙When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.2 Chronicles 29:34 · לִמְעָ֔טHowever, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.Ezra 9:8 · כִּמְעַט־ · מְעַ֖טBut now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.Nehemiah 2:12 · מְעַט֮I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.Nehemiah 7:4 · מְעַ֖טNow the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.Job 10:20 · מְעַ֣ט · מְּעָֽט׃Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,Job 15:11 · הַמְעַ֣טAre the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?Job 24:24 · מְּעַ֨ט׀They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.Job 32:22 · כִּ֝מְעַ֗טFor I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.Psalm 2:12 · כִּמְעַ֣טKiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.Psalm 8:5 · מְּ֭עַטYou made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.Psalm 37:10 · מְ֭עַטYet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.Psalm 37:16 · מְ֭עַטBetter is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.Psalm 73:2 · כִּ֭מְעַטBut as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.Psalm 81:14 · כִּ֭מְעַטhow soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!Psalm 94:17 · כִּמְעַ֓ט׀Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.Psalm 105:12 · כִּ֝מְעַ֗טWhen they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,Psalm 109:8 · מְעַטִּ֑יםMay his days be few; may another take his position.Psalm 119:87 · כִּ֭מְעַטThey almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.Proverbs 5:14 · כִּ֭מְעַטI am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”Proverbs 6:10 · מְעַ֣ט · מְעַ֣ט · מְעַ֓ט׀A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,Proverbs 10:20 · כִּמְעָֽט׃The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.Proverbs 15:16 · מְ֭עַטBetter a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with turmoil.Proverbs 16:8 · מְ֭עַטBetter a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.Proverbs 24:33 · מְעַ֣ט · מְעַ֣ט · מְעַ֓ט׀A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,Ecclesiastes 5:2 · מְעַטִּֽים׃Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.Ecclesiastes 5:12 · מְעַ֥טThe sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.Ecclesiastes 9:14 · מְעָ֑טThere was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.Ecclesiastes 10:1 · מְעָֽט׃As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.Song of Solomon 3:4 · כִּמְעַט֙I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.Isaiah 1:9 · כִּמְעָ֑טUnless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.Isaiah 7:13 · הַמְעַ֤טThen Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?Isaiah 10:7 · מְעָֽט׃But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.Isaiah 10:25 · מְעַ֣טFor in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”Isaiah 16:14 · מְעַ֛טAnd now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”Isaiah 26:20 · כִמְעַט־Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.Isaiah 29:17 · מְעַ֣טIn a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?Jeremiah 42:2 · מְעַט֙Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.Jeremiah 51:33 · מְעַ֔טFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”Daniel 11:23 · בִּמְעַט־After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.Daniel 11:34 · מְעָ֑טNow when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.Hosea 1:4 · מְעַ֗טThen the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.Hosea 8:10 · מְּעָ֔טThough they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.Haggai 1:6 · מְעָ֗טYou have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”Haggai 1:9 · לִמְעָ֔טYou expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.Haggai 2:6 · מְעַ֣טFor this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.Zechariah 1:15 · מְּעָ֔טbut I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’