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, I pray thee, a little water be accepted, and wash your feet, and recline under the tree;Genesis 24:17 · מְעַט־And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, ‘Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;’Genesis 24:43 · מְעַט־(lo, I am standing by the fountain of water), then the virgin who is coming out to draw, and I have said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher,Genesis 26:10 · כִּ֠מְעַטAnd Abimelech saith, ‘What is this thou hast done to us? as a little thing one of the people had lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us guilt;’Genesis 30:15 · הַמְעַט֙And she saith to her, ‘Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?’ and Rachel saith, ‘Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son’s love-apples.’Genesis 30:30 · מְעַט֩for it is little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?’Genesis 43:2 · מְעַט־and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, ‘Turn back, buy for us a little food.’Genesis 43:11 · מְעַ֤ט · וּמְעַ֣טAnd Israel their father saith unto them, ‘If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;Genesis 44:25 · מְעַט־and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,Genesis 47:9 · מְעַ֣טAnd Jacob saith unto Pharaoh, ‘The days of the years of my sojournings are an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.’Exodus 17:4 · מְעַ֖טAnd Moses crieth to Jehovah, saying, ‘What do I to this people? yet a little, and they have stoned me.’Exodus 23:30 · מְעַ֥ט · מְעַ֛טlittle by little I cast them out from before thee, till thou art fruitful, and hast inherited the land.Leviticus 25:52 · מְעַ֞טAnd if few are left of the years till the year of jubilee, then he hath reckoned with him, according to his years he doth give back his redemption money;Numbers 13:18 · הַמְעַ֥טand have seen the land what it is, and the people which is dwelling on it, whether it is strong or feeble; whether it is few or many;Numbers 16:9 · הַמְעַ֣טis it little to you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the company of Israel to bring you near unto Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the company to serve them?—Numbers 16:13 · הַמְעַ֗טis it little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to put us to death in a wilderness that thou also certainly makest thyself prince over us?Numbers 26:54 · וְלַמְעַ֕טto 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 26:56 · לִמְעָֽט׃ סaccording to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.’Numbers 33:54 · וְלַמְעַט֙‘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 · הַמְעַ֖טAnd 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.’Deuteronomy 7:7 · הַמְעַ֖טNot because of your being more numerous than any of the peoples hath Jehovah delighted in you, and fixeth on you, for ye are the least of all the peoples,Deuteronomy 7:22 · מְעַ֣ט · מְעָ֑טAnd Jehovah thy God hath cast out these nations from thy presence little by little, (thou art not able to consume them hastily, lest the beast of the field multiply against thee),Deuteronomy 26:5 · מְעָ֑טAnd thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean is my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous;Deuteronomy 28:38 · וּמְעַ֣ט‘Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it;Deuteronomy 28:62 · מְעָ֔טand ye have been left with few men, instead of which ye have been as stars of the heavens for multitude, because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah thy God.Joshua 7:3 · מְעַ֖טand they turn back unto Joshua, and say unto him, ‘Let not all the people go up; let about two thousand men, or about three thousand men, go up, and they smite Ai; cause not all the people to labour thither; for they are few.’Joshua 22:17 · הַמְעַט־Is the iniquity of Peor little to us, from which we have not been cleansed till this day—and the plague is in the company of Jehovah,Judges 4:19 · מְעַט־And he saith unto her, ‘Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water, for I am thirsty;’ and she openeth the bottle of milk, and giveth him to drink, and covereth him.Ruth 2:7 · מְעָֽט׃and she saith, Let me glean, I pray thee—and I have gathered among the sheaves after the reapers; and she cometh and remaineth since the morning and till now; she sat in the house a little.1 Samuel 14:6 · בִמְעָֽט׃And Jonathan saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, ‘Come, and we pass over unto the station of these uncircumcised; it may be Jehovah doth work for us, for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.’1 Samuel 14:29 · מְעַ֖טAnd Jonathan saith, ‘My father hath troubled the land; see, I pray you, that mine eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.1 Samuel 14:43 · מְעַ֥טAnd Saul saith unto Jonathan, ‘Declare to me, what hast thou done?’ and Jonathan declareth to him, and saith, ‘I certainly tasted with the end of the rod that is in my hand a little honey; lo, I die!’1 Samuel 17:28 · מְעַ֨טAnd Eliab, his eldest brother, heareth when he speaketh unto the men, and the anger of Eliab burneth against David, and he saith, ‘Why is this—thou hast come down! and to whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known thy pride, and the evil of thy heart—for, to see the battle thou hast come down.’2 Samuel 12:8 · מְעָ֔טand I give to thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord, into thy bosom, and I give to thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if little, then I add to thee such and such things.2 Samuel 16:1 · מְעַט֙And David hath passed on a little from the top, and lo, Ziba, servant of Mephibosheth—to meet him, and a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred of summer-fruit, and a bottle of wine.2 Samuel 19:36 · כִּמְעַ֞טAs a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recompense me this recompense?1 Kings 17:10 · מְעַט־And he riseth, and goeth to Zarephath, and cometh in unto the opening of the city, and lo there, a widow woman gathering sticks, and he calleth unto her, and saith, ‘Bring, I pray thee, to me, a little water in a vessel, and I drink.’1 Kings 17:12 · וּמְעַט־And she saith, ‘Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it—and died.’2 Kings 10:18 · מְעָ֑טAnd Jehu gathereth the whole of the people, and saith unto them, ‘Ahab served Baal a little—Jehu doth serve him much:1 Chronicles 16:19 · כִּמְעַ֖טWhen ye are few of number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it.2 Chronicles 12:7 · כִּמְעַט֙And when Jehovah seeth that they have been humbled, a word of Jehovah hath been unto Shemaiah, saying, ‘They have been humbled; I do not destroy them, and I have given to them as a little thing for an escape, and I pour not out My fury in Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak;2 Chronicles 29:34 · לִמְעָ֔טOnly, the priests have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brethren the Levites strengthen them till the completion of the work, and till the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites are more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.Ezra 9:8 · כִּמְעַט־ · מְעַ֖ט‘And now, as a small moment hath grace been from Jehovah our God, to leave to us an escape, and to give to us a nail in His holy place, by our God’s enlightening our eyes, and by giving us a little quickening in our servitude;Nehemiah 2:12 · מְעַט֮and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving unto my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.Nehemiah 7:4 · מְעַ֖טAnd the city is broad on both sides, and great, and the people are few in its midst, and there are no houses builded;Job 10:20 · מְעַ֣ט · מְּעָֽט׃Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,Job 15:11 · הַמְעַ֣טToo few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word is with thee,Job 24:24 · מְּעַ֨ט׀High they were for a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all others they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.Job 32:22 · כִּ֝מְעַ֗טFor I have not known to give flattering titles, In a little doth my Maker take me away.Psalm 2:12 · כִּמְעַ֣טKiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!Psalm 8:5 · מְּ֭עַטAnd causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.Psalm 37:10 · מְ֭עַטAnd yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.Psalm 37:16 · מְ֭עַטBetter is the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.Psalm 73:2 · כִּ֭מְעַטAs nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,Psalm 81:14 · כִּ֭מְעַטAs a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,Psalm 94:17 · כִּמְעַ֓ט׀Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.Psalm 105:12 · כִּ֝מְעַ֗טIn their being few in number, But a few, and sojourners in it.Psalm 109:8 · מְעַטִּ֑יםHis days are few, his oversight another taketh,Psalm 119:87 · כִּ֭מְעַטAlmost consumed me on earth have they, And I—I have not forsaken Thy precepts.Proverbs 5:14 · כִּ֭מְעַטAs a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.Proverbs 6:10 · מְעַ֣ט · מְעַ֣ט · מְעַ֓ט׀A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,Proverbs 10:20 · כִּמְעָֽט׃The tongue of the righteous is chosen silver, The heart of the wicked—as a little thing.Proverbs 15:16 · מְ֭עַטBetter is a little with the fear of Jehovah, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.Proverbs 16:8 · מְ֭עַטBetter is a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.Proverbs 24:33 · מְעַ֣ט · מְעַ֣ט · מְעַ֓ט׀A little sleep—a little slumber—A little folding of the hands to lie down.Ecclesiastes 5:2 · מְעַטִּֽים׃Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.Ecclesiastes 5:12 · מְעַ֥טSweet is the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.Ecclesiastes 9:14 · מְעָ֑טA little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;Ecclesiastes 10:1 · מְעָֽט׃Dead flies cause a perfumer’s perfume To send forth a stink; The precious by reason of wisdom—By reason of honour—a little folly!Song of Solomon 3:4 · כִּמְעַט֙But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother—And the chamber of her that conceived me.Isaiah 1:9 · כִּמְעָ֑טUnless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly—as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!Isaiah 7:13 · הַמְעַ֤טAnd he saith, ‘Hear, I pray you, O house of David, Is it a little thing for you to weary men, That ye weary also my God?Isaiah 10:7 · מְעָֽט׃And he—he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not so, For—to destroy is in his heart, And to cut off nations not a few.Isaiah 10:25 · מְעַ֣טFor yet a very little, And the indignation hath been completed, And Mine anger by their wearing out.Isaiah 16:14 · מְעַ֛טAnd now hath Jehovah spoken, saying, ‘In three years, as years of an hireling, Lightly esteemed is the honour of Moab, With all the great multitude, And the remnant is little, small, not mighty!’Isaiah 26:20 · כִמְעַט־Come, My people, enter into thy inner chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, Hide thyself shortly a moment till the indignation pass over.Isaiah 29:17 · מְעַ֣טIs it not yet a very little, And turned hath Lebanon to a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned?Jeremiah 42:2 · מְעַט֙and they say unto Jeremiah the prophet, ‘Let, we pray thee, our supplication fall before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, for all this remnant; for we have been left a few out of many, as thine eyes do see us;Jeremiah 51:33 · מְעַ֔טFor thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, The daughter of Babylon is as a threshing-floor, The time of her threshing—yet a little, And come hath the time of her harvest.Daniel 11:23 · בִּמְעַט־And after they join themselves unto him, he worketh deceit, and hath increased, and hath been strong by a few of the nation.Daniel 11:34 · מְעָ֑טAnd in their stumbling, they are helped—a little help, and joined to them have been many with flatteries.Hosea 1:4 · מְעַ֗טand Jehovah saith unto him, ‘Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little, and I have charged the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and have caused to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel;Hosea 8:10 · מְּעָ֔טAlso though they hire among nations, Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, From the burden of a king of princes.Haggai 1:6 · מְעָ֗טYe have sown much, and brought in little, To eat, and not to satiety, To drink, and not to drunkenness, To clothe, and none hath heat, And he who is hiring himself out, Is hiring himself for a bag pierced through.Haggai 1:9 · לִמְעָ֔טLooking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought it home, and I blew on it, Wherefore?—an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running—each to his house,Haggai 2:6 · מְעַ֣טFor thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet once more—it is a little, And I am shaking the heavens and the earth, And the sea, and the dry land,Zechariah 1:15 · מְּעָ֔טAnd with great wrath I am wroth against the nations who are at ease, For I was a little wroth, and they assisted—for evil.