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H4591מָעַטma.at
to diminishPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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And if the lamb is more than enough for the family, let that family and its nearest neighbour have a lamb between them, taking into account the number of persons and how much food is needed for every man.
יִמְעַ֣ט yim.'At “it will be [too] small”
And the children of Israel did so, and some took more and some less.
וְהַמַּמְעִֽיט׃ (מַּמְעִֽיט) mam.'It “[one who] made little”
And when it was measured, he who had taken up much had nothing over, and he who had little had enough; every man had taken what he was able to make use of.
וְהַמַּמְעִ֖יט (מַּמְעִ֖יט) mam.'It “[one who] made little”
The man of wealth is to give no more and the poor man no less than the half-shekel of silver, when the offering is made to the Lord as the price for your lives.
יַמְעִ֔יט yam.'It “he will make little”
If the number of years is great, the price will be increased, and if the number of years is small, the price will be less, for it is the produce of a certain number of years which the man is giving you.
מְעֹ֣ט me.'Ot “[the] being small of”תַּמְעִ֖יט tam.'It “you will make small”
I will let loose the beasts of the field among you, and they will take away your children and send destruction on your cattle, so that your numbers will become small and your roads become waste.
וְהִמְעִ֖יטָה (הִמְעִ֖יטָה) him.'I.tah “it will diminish”
And all that day and all night and the day after, the people were taking up the birds; the smallest amount which anyone got was ten homers: and they put them out all round the tents.
הַמַּמְעִ֕יט (מַּמְעִ֕יט) mam.'It “[one who] did little”
To those families who are more in number, give a greater heritage; to those who are less in number, a smaller part: to every one let the heritage be given in relation to the number in his family.
תַּמְעִ֖יט tam.'It “you will make small”
And you will take up your heritage in the land by the decision of the Lord, to every family its part; the greater the family the greater its heritage, and the smaller the family the smaller will be its heritage; wherever the decision of the Lord gives to
תַּמְעִ֣יט tam.'It “you will make small”
And these towns are to be given out of the heritage of the children of Israel, taking the greater number from those who have much, and a smaller number from those who have little: everyone, in the measure of his heritage, is to give of his property to th
תַּמְעִ֑יטוּ tam.'I.tu “you will decrease”
Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.
תַּמְעִֽיטִי׃ tam.'I.ti “you make few”
And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on
יִמְעַ֣ט yim.'At “it be small”
He gives them his blessing so that they are increased greatly, and their cattle do not become less.
יַמְעִֽיט׃ yam.'It “he made few”
And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,
וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּ (יִּמְעֲט֥וּ) i.yim.'a.Tu “they became few”
Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
יִמְעָ֑ט yim.'At “it will become small”
In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see;
מִעֵ֔טוּ mi.'E.tu “they have become few”
And the rest of the bowmen, the men of war of the children of Kedar, will be small in number: for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said it.
יִמְעָ֑טוּ yim.'A.tu “they will be few”
O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.
תַּמְעִטֵֽנִי׃ (תַּמְעִטֵֽ) tam.'i.Te. “you should diminish”
Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may have sons and daughters; and be increased in number there and do not become less.
תִּמְעָֽטוּ׃ tim.'A.tu “you diminish”
And from them will go out praise and the sound of laughing: and I will make them great in number, and they will not become less; and I will give them glory, and they will not be small.
יִמְעָ֔טוּ yim.'A.tu “they will diminish”
It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and never again will it be lifted up over the nations: I will make them small, so that they may not have rule over the nations.
וְהִ֨מְעַטְתִּ֔ים (הִ֨מְעַטְתִּ֔י) Him.'a.Ti “I will make small”