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H4592מְעַטme.at

littlePart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 11
  2. 3
  3. 1
  4. 7
  5. 6
  6. 2
  7. 1
  8. 1
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. 1
  13. 1
  14. 2
  15. 2
  16. 2
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 5
  19. 10
  20. 10
  21. 4
  22. 1
  23. 7
  24. 2
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 5
  27. 2
  28. 2
  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. 3
  38. 1
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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101 occurrences in 92 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Joshua 7:3

    And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him: 'Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.'

    מְעַ֖ט me.'At “[are] few”

  2. Joshua 22:17

    Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of the LORD,

    הַמְעַט־ (מְעַט) m.'at- “little”

  3. Judges 4:19

    And he said unto her: 'Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.' And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

    מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”

  4. Ruth 2:7

    and she said: Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves; so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she tarried a little in the house.'

    מְעָֽט׃ me.'At “little”

  5. 1 Samuel 14:6

    And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us; for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.'

    בִמְעָֽט׃ (מְעָֽט) m.'At “few”

  6. 1 Samuel 14:29

    Then said Jonathan: 'My father hath troubled the land; see, I pray you, how mine eyes are brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

    מְעַ֖ט me.'At “a little of”

  7. 1 Samuel 14:43

    Then Saul said to Jonathan: 'Tell me what thou hast done.' And Jonathan told him, and said: 'I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; here am I: I will die.'

    מְעַ֥ט me.'At “a little of”

  8. 1 Samuel 17:28

    And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said: 'Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy presumptuousness, and the naughti

    מְעַ֨ט me.'At “[the] fewness of”

  9. 2 Samuel 12:8

    and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that were too little, then would I add unto thee so much more.

    מְעָ֔ט me.'At “little”

  10. 2 Samuel 16:1

    And when David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine

    מְעַט֙ me.'At “a little”

  11. 2 Samuel 19:37

    Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king; and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

    כִּמְעַ֞ט (מְעַ֞ט) m.'At “a little”

  12. 1 Kings 17:10

    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: 'Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.'

    מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”

  13. 1 Kings 17:12

    And she said: 'As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.'

    וּמְעַט־ (מְעַט) me.'at- “a little of”

  14. 2 Kings 10:18

    And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them: 'Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.

    מְעָ֑ט me.'At “a little”

  15. 1 Chronicles 16:19

    When ye were but a few men in number, yea, very few, and sojourners in it,

    כִּמְעַ֖ט (מְעַ֖ט) m.'At “a few”

  16. 2 Chronicles 12:7

    And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD 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 upon Jerusalem by the

    כִּמְעַט֙ (מְעַט֙) m.'At “a little”

  17. 2 Chronicles 29:34

    But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings; wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to

    לִמְעָ֔ט (מְעָ֔ט) m.'At “fewness”

  18. Ezra 9:8

    And now for a little moment grace hath been shown from the LORD 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.

    כִּמְעַט־ (מְעַט) m.'at- “a little of”מְעַ֖ט me.'At “a little”

  19. Nehemiah 2:12

    And I 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 beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

    מְעַט֮ me.'At “a few”

  20. Nehemiah 7:4

    Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

    מְעַ֖ט me.'At “[were] few”

  21. Job 10:20

    Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “few”מְּעָֽט׃ me.'At “a little”

  22. Job 15:11

    Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?

    הַמְעַ֣ט (מְעַ֣ט) m.'At “[too] little”

  23. Job 24:24

    They are exalted for a little while, and they are gone; yea, they are brought low, they are gathered in as all others, and wither as the tops of the ears of corn.

    מְּעַ֨ט׀ me.'At “a little”

  24. Job 32:22

    For I know not to give flattering titles; else would my Maker soon take me away.

    כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט (מְעַ֗ט) m.'At “a little”

  25. Psalms 2:12

    Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled. Happy are all they that take refuge in Him.

    כִּמְעַ֣ט (מְעַ֣ט) m.'At “a little”