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־Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.Genesis 24:17 · מְעַט־The servant ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.”Genesis 24:43 · מְעַט־behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes out to draw, to whom I will say, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,”Genesis 26:10 · כִּ֠מְעַטAbimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!”Genesis 30:15 · הַמְעַט֙She said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes, also?” Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”Genesis 30:30 · מְעַט֩For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?”Genesis 43:2 · מְעַט־It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little more food.”Genesis 43:11 · מְעַ֤ט · וּמְעַ֣טTheir father, Israel, said to them, “If it must be so, then do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;Genesis 44:25 · מְעַט־Our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food.’Genesis 47:9 · מְעַ֣טJacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”Exodus 17:4 · מְעַ֖טMoses cried to Yahweh, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”Exodus 23:30 · מְעַ֥ט · מְעַ֛טLittle by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.Leviticus 25:52 · מְעַ֞טIf there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give back the price of his redemption.Numbers 13:18 · הַמְעַ֥טand see the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;Numbers 16:9 · הַמְעַ֣טIs it a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Yahweh, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;Numbers 16:13 · הַמְעַ֗טis it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?Numbers 26:54 · וְלַמְעַ֕טTo 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 26:56 · לִמְעָֽט׃ סAccording to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.”Numbers 33:54 · וְלַמְעַט֙You 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 · הַמְעַ֖טConcerning 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.”Deuteronomy 7:7 · הַמְעַ֖טYahweh didn’t set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:Deuteronomy 7:22 · מְעַ֣ט · מְעָ֑טYahweh your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.Deuteronomy 26:5 · מְעָ֑טYou shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.Deuteronomy 28:38 · וּמְעַ֣טYou shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.Deuteronomy 28:62 · מְעָ֔טYou shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you didn’t listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.Joshua 7:3 · מְעַ֖טThey returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Don’t let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Don’t make all the people to toil there, for there are only a few of them.”Joshua 22:17 · הַמְעַט־Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Yahweh,Judges 4:19 · מְעַט־He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.” She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.Ruth 2:7 · מְעָֽט׃She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house.”1 Samuel 14:6 · בִמְעָֽט׃Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no restraint on Yahweh to save by many or by few.”1 Samuel 14:29 · מְעַ֖טThen Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.1 Samuel 14:43 · מְעַ֥טThen Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done!” Jonathan told him, and said, “I certainly did taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and behold, I must die.”1 Samuel 17:28 · מְעַ֨טEliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”2 Samuel 12:8 · מְעָ֔טI gave you your master’s house, and your master’s wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things.2 Samuel 16:1 · מְעַט֙When David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.2 Samuel 19:36 · כִּמְעַ֞טYour servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?1 Kings 17:10 · מְעַט־So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, “Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”1 Kings 17:12 · וּמְעַט־She said, “As Yahweh your God lives, I don’t have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”2 Kings 10:18 · מְעָ֑טJehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.1 Chronicles 16:19 · כִּמְעַ֖טwhen you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners were in it.2 Chronicles 12:7 · כִּמְעַט֙When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.2 Chronicles 29:34 · לִמְעָ֔טBut the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.Ezra 9:8 · כִּמְעַט־ · מְעַ֖טNow for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.Nehemiah 2:12 · מְעַט֮I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.Nehemiah 7:4 · מְעַ֖טNow the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.Job 10:20 · מְעַ֣ט · מְּעָֽט׃Aren’t my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,Job 15:11 · הַמְעַ֣טAre the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?Job 24:24 · מְּעַ֨ט׀They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.Job 32:22 · כִּ֝מְעַ֗טFor I don’t know how to give flattering titles; or else my Maker would soon take me away.Psalm 2:12 · כִּמְעַ֣טGive sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.Psalm 8:5 · מְּ֭עַטFor you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.Psalm 37:10 · מְ֭עַטFor yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.Psalm 37:16 · מְ֭עַטBetter is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.Psalm 73:2 · כִּ֭מְעַטBut as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.Psalm 81:14 · כִּ֭מְעַטI would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.Psalm 94:17 · כִּמְעַ֓ט׀Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.Psalm 105:12 · כִּ֝מְעַ֗טwhen they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it.Psalm 109:8 · מְעַטִּ֑יםLet his days be few. Let another take his office.Psalm 119:87 · כִּ֭מְעַטThey had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.Proverbs 5:14 · כִּ֭מְעַטI have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly.”Proverbs 6:10 · מְעַ֣ט · מְעַ֣ט · מְעַ֓ט׀A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:Proverbs 10:20 · כִּמְעָֽט׃The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.Proverbs 15:16 · מְ֭עַטBetter is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.Proverbs 16:8 · מְ֭עַטBetter is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.Proverbs 24:33 · מְעַ֣ט · מְעַ֣ט · מְעַ֓ט׀a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;Ecclesiastes 5:2 · מְעַטִּֽים׃Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.Ecclesiastes 5:12 · מְעַ֥טThe sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.Ecclesiastes 9:14 · מְעָ֑טThere was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.Ecclesiastes 10:1 · מְעָֽט׃Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.Song of Solomon 3:4 · כִּמְעַט֙I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.Isaiah 1:9 · כִּמְעָ֑טUnless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.Isaiah 7:13 · הַמְעַ֤טHe said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?Isaiah 10:7 · מְעָֽט׃However he doesn’t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.Isaiah 10:25 · מְעַ֣טFor yet a very little while, and the indignation against you will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed to his destruction.”Isaiah 16:14 · מְעַ֛טBut now Yahweh has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as a worker bound by contract would count them, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant will be very small and feeble.”Isaiah 26:20 · כִמְעַט־Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.Isaiah 29:17 · מְעַ֣טIsn’t it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?Jeremiah 42:2 · מְעַט֙and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes do see us:Jeremiah 51:33 · מְעַ֔טFor thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.Daniel 11:23 · בִּמְעַט־After the treaty made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people.Daniel 11:34 · מְעָ֑טNow when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves to them with flatteries.Hosea 1:4 · מְעַ֗טYahweh said to him, “Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.Hosea 8:10 · מְּעָ֔טBut although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.Haggai 1:6 · מְעָ֗טYou have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.”Haggai 1:9 · לִמְעָ֔ט“You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says Yahweh of Armies, “Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.Haggai 2:6 · מְעַ֣טFor this is what Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;Zechariah 1:15 · מְּעָ֔טI am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.”