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H4591מָעַטma.at

to diminishPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. 4
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 1
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 1
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. 2
  20. 1
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 1
  24. 3
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 1
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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22 occurrences in 21 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Exodus 12:4

    and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.

    יִמְעַ֣ט yim.'At “it will be [too] small”

  2. Exodus 16:17

    And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

    וְהַמַּמְעִֽיט׃ (מַּמְעִֽיט) mam.'It “[one who] made little”

  3. Exodus 16:18

    And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

    וְהַמַּמְעִ֖יט (מַּמְעִ֖יט) mam.'It “[one who] made little”

  4. Exodus 30:15

    The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.

    יַמְעִ֔יט yam.'It “he will make little”

  5. Leviticus 25:16

    According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto thee.

    מְעֹ֣ט me.'Ot “[the] being small of”תַּמְעִ֖יט tam.'It “you will make small”

  6. Leviticus 26:22

    And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.

    וְהִמְעִ֖יטָה (הִמְעִ֖יטָה) him.'I.tah “it will diminish”

  7. Numbers 11:32

    And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails; he that gathered least gathered ten heaps; and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

    הַמַּמְעִ֕יט (מַּמְעִ֕יט) mam.'It “[one who] did little”

  8. Numbers 26:54

    To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance; to each one according to those that were numbered of it shall its inheritance be given.

    תַּמְעִ֖יט tam.'It “you will make small”

  9. Numbers 33:54

    And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families--to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance; wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of

    תַּמְעִ֣יט tam.'It “you will make small”

  10. Numbers 35:8

    And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few; each tribe according to its inheritance which it inheriteth shall give of its cities unto the

    תַּמְעִ֑יטוּ tam.'I.tu “you will decrease”

  11. 2 Kings 4:3

    Then he said: 'Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

    תַּמְעִֽיטִי׃ tam.'I.ti “you make few”

  12. Nehemiah 9:32

    Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awful God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the travail seem little before Thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our f

    יִמְעַ֣ט yim.'At “it be small”

  13. Psalms 107:38

    He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

    יַמְעִֽיט׃ yam.'It “he made few”

  14. Psalms 107:39

    Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.

    וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּ (יִּמְעֲט֥וּ) i.yim.'a.Tu “they became few”

  15. Proverbs 13:11

    Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; but he that gathereth little by little shall increase.

    יִמְעָ֑ט yim.'At “it will become small”

  16. Ecclesiastes 12:3

    In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out shall be darkened in the windows,

    מִעֵ֔טוּ mi.'E.tu “they have become few”

  17. Isaiah 21:17

    and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished; for the LORD, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.'

    יִמְעָ֑טוּ yim.'A.tu “they will be few”

  18. Jeremiah 10:24

    O LORD, correct me, but in measure; not in Thine anger, lest Thou diminish me.

    תַּמְעִטֵֽנִי׃ (תַּמְעִטֵֽ) tam.'i.Te. “you should diminish”

  19. Jeremiah 29:6

    take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

    תִּמְעָֽטוּ׃ tim.'A.tu “you diminish”

  20. Jeremiah 30:19

    And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry; and I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished, I will also increase them, and they shall not dwindle away.

    יִמְעָ֔טוּ yim.'A.tu “they will diminish”

  21. Ezekiel 29:15

    It shall be the lowliest of the kingdoms, neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations; and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

    וְהִ֨מְעַטְתִּ֔ים (הִ֨מְעַטְתִּ֔י) Him.'a.Ti “I will make small”