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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. Psalms 8:6

    Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

    מְּ֭עַט Me.'at “little”

  2. Psalms 37:10

    And yet a little while, and the wicked is no more; yea, thou shalt look well at his place, and he is not.

    מְ֭עַט Me.'at “a little”

  3. Psalms 37:16

    Better is a little that the righteous hath than the abundance of many wicked.

    מְ֭עַט Me.'at “[the] little”

  4. Psalms 73:2

    But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

    כִּ֭מְעַט (מְעַט) m.'at “a little”

  5. Psalms 81:15

    I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries.

    כִּ֭מְעַט (מְעַט) m.'at “a little”

  6. Psalms 94:17

    Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.

    כִּמְעַ֓ט׀ (מְעַ֓ט) m.'At “a little”

  7. Psalms 105:12

    When they were but a few men in number. Yea, very few, and sojourners in it,

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

  8. Psalms 109:8

    Let his days be few; let another take his charge.

    מְעַטִּ֑ים me.'a.Tim “few”

  9. Psalms 119:87

    They had almost consumed me upon earth; but as for me, I forsook not Thy precepts.

    כִּ֭מְעַט (מְעַט) m.'at “a little”

  10. Proverbs 5:14

    I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.'

    כִּ֭מְעַט (מְעַט) m.'at “a little”

  11. Proverbs 6:10

    'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep'--

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “a little of”מְעַ֣ט me.'At “a little of”מְעַ֓ט׀ me.'At “a little of”

  12. Proverbs 10:20

    The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.

    כִּמְעָֽט׃ (מְעָֽט) m.'At “a little”

  13. Proverbs 15:16

    Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and turmoil therewith.

    מְ֭עַט Me.'at “a little”

  14. Proverbs 16:8

    Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

    מְ֭עַט Me.'at “a little”

  15. Proverbs 24:33

    'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep'--

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “a little of”מְעַ֣ט me.'At “a little of”מְעַ֓ט׀ me.'At “a little of”

  16. Ecclesiastes 5:1

    Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.

    מְעַטִּֽים׃ me.'a.Tim “few”

  17. Ecclesiastes 5:11

    Sweet is the sleep of a labouring man, whether he eat little or much; but the satiety of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

    מְעַ֥ט me.'At “a little”

  18. Ecclesiastes 9:14

    there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it;

    מְעָ֑ט me.'At “[were] few”

  19. Ecclesiastes 10:1

    Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.

    מְעָֽט׃ me.'At “a little”

  20. Song of Songs 3:4

    Scarce had I passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

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

  21. Isaiah 1:9

    Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

    כִּמְעָ֑ט (מְעָ֑ט) m.'At “a little”

  22. Isaiah 7:13

    And he said: 'Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

    הַמְעַ֤ט (מְעַ֤ט) m.'At “[too] little”

  23. Isaiah 10:7

    Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

    מְעָֽט׃ me.'At “a few”

  24. Isaiah 10:25

    For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall be accomplished, and Mine anger shall be to their destruction.

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “a little of”

  25. Isaiah 16:14

    But now the LORD hath spoken, saying: 'Within three years, as the years of a hireling, and the glory of Moab shall wax contemptible for all his great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and without strength.'

    מְעַ֛ט me.'At “little”