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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. Isaiah 26:20

    Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

    כִמְעַט־ (מְעַט) m.'at- “a little of”

  2. Isaiah 29:17

    Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “a little of”

  3. Jeremiah 42:2

    and said unto Jeremiah the prophet: 'Let, we pray thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us;

    מְעַט֙ me.'At “a few”

  4. Jeremiah 51:33

    For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.

    מְעַ֔ט me.'At “a little”

  5. Ezekiel 5:3

    Thou shalt also take thereof a few by number, and bind them in thy skirts.

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “a few”

  6. Ezekiel 11:16

    therefore say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Although I have removed them far off among the nations, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet have I been to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they are come;

    מְעַ֔ט me.'At “a little”

  7. Ezekiel 16:20

    Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto Me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy harlotries a small matter,

    הַמְעַ֖ט (מְעַ֖ט) m.'At “little”

  8. Ezekiel 16:47

    Yet hast thou not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but in a very little while thou didst deal more corruptly than they in all thy ways.

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

  9. Ezekiel 34:18

    Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the settled waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

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

  10. Daniel 11:23

    And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully; and he shall come up and become strong, with a little nation.

    בִּמְעַט־ (מְעַט) m.'at- “fewness of”

  11. Daniel 11:34

    Now when they shall stumble, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with blandishments.

    מְעָ֑ט me.'At “a little”

  12. Hosea 1:4

    And the LORD said unto him: 'Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

    מְעַ֗ט me.'At “a little”

  13. Hosea 8:10

    Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them up; and they begin to be minished by reason of the burden of king and princes.

    מְּעָ֔ט me.'At “a few”

  14. Haggai 1:6

    Ye have sown much, and brought in little, ye eat, but ye have not enough, ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink, ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages for a bag with holes.

    מְעָ֗ט me.'At “little”

  15. Haggai 1:9

    Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of My house that lieth waste, while ye run every man for his own house.

    לִמְעָ֔ט (מְעָ֔ט) m.'At “little”

  16. Haggai 2:6

    For thus saith the LORD of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “[is] a little”

  17. Zechariah 1:15

    and I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped for evil.

    מְּעָ֔ט me.'At “a little”