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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 World English Bible.

  1. Exodus 12:4

    and if the household be too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls; according to what everyone can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.

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

  2. Exodus 16:17

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

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

  3. Exodus 16:18

    When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who 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 Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.

    יַמְעִ֔יט yam.'It “he will make little”

  5. Leviticus 25:16

    According to the length of the years you shall increase the price of it, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish the price of it; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.

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

  6. Leviticus 26:22

    I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your roads will become desolate.

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

  7. Numbers 11:32

    The people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he who gathered least gathered ten homers: 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 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.

    תַּמְעִ֖יט tam.'It “you will make small”

  9. Numbers 33:54

    You 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; according to the tribes of your fathers shall you inherit.

    תַּמְעִ֣יט tam.'It “you will make small”

  10. Numbers 35:8

    Concerning 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.

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

  11. 2 Kings 4:3

    Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, 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 awesome God, who keep covenant and loving kindness, don't let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.

    יִמְעַ֣ט yim.'At “it be small”

  13. Psalms 107:38

    He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their cattle to decrease.

    יַמְעִֽיט׃ yam.'It “he made few”

  14. Psalms 107:39

    Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

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

  15. Proverbs 13:11

    Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, But he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

    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 who look out of the windows are darkened,

    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 few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.

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

  18. Jeremiah 10:24

    Yahweh, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

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

  19. Jeremiah 29:6

    Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply you there, and don't be diminished.

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

  20. Jeremiah 30:19

    Out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

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

  21. Ezekiel 29:15

    It shall be the base 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”