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H4592מְעַטme.at
littlePart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
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101 occurrences in 92 verses
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Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:
מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”
And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.
מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”
Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,
מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”
Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.
כִּ֠מְעַט (מְעַט) m.'at “a little”
But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.
הַמְעַט֙ (מְעַט֙) m.'At “small”
For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?
מְעַט֩ me.'At “a little”
And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.
מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”
And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;
מְעַ֤ט me.'At “a little of”וּמְעַ֣ט (מְעַ֣ט) me.'At “a little of”
And our father said, Go again and get us a little food.
מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”
And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.
מְעַ֣ט me.'At “few”
And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.
מְעַ֖ט me.'At “a little”
Little by little I will send them away before you, till your numbers are increased and you take up your heritage in the land.
מְעַ֥ט me.'At “little”מְעַ֛ט me.'At “little”
And if there is only a short time, he will take account of it with his master, and in relation to the number of years he will give back the price of making him free.
מְעַ֞ט me.'At “few”
And see what the land is like; and if the people living in it are strong or feeble, small or great in number;
הַמְעַ֥ט (מְעַ֥ט) m.'At “few”
Does it seem only a small thing to you that the God of Israel has made you separate from the rest of Israel, letting you come near himself to do the work of the House of the Lord, and to take your place before the people to do what has to be done for the
הַמְעַ֣ט (מְעַ֣ט) m.'At “[is it too] small”
Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?
הַמְעַ֗ט (מְעַ֗ט) m.'At “[is it] small”
To those families who are more in number, give a greater heritage; to those who are less in number, a smaller part: to every one let the heritage be given in relation to the number in his family.
וְלַמְעַ֕ט (מְעַ֕ט) m.'At “few”
As it is ordered by the decision of the Lord, let distribution be made between those who are more in number and those who are less.
לִמְעָֽט׃ (מְעָֽט) m.'At “[the] few”
And you will take up your heritage in the land by the decision of the Lord, to every family its part; the greater the family the greater its heritage, and the smaller the family the smaller will be its heritage; wherever the decision of the Lord gives to
וְלַמְעַט֙ (מְעַט֙) m.'At “few”
And these towns are to be given out of the heritage of the children of Israel, taking the greater number from those who have much, and a smaller number from those who have little: everyone, in the measure of his heritage, is to give of his property to th
הַמְעַ֖ט (מְעַ֖ט) m.'At “few”
The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:
הַמְעַ֖ט (מְעַ֖ט) m.'At “few”
The Lord your God will send out the nations before you little by little; they are not to be rooted out quickly, for fear that the beasts of the field may be increased overmuch against you.
מְעַ֣ט me.'At “little”מְעָ֑ט me.'At “little”
And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:
מְעָ֑ט me.'At “fewness”
You will take much seed out into the field, and get little in; for the locust will get it.
וּמְעַ֣ט (מְעַ֣ט) me.'At “little”
And you will become a very small band, though your numbers were like the stars of heaven; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.
מְעָ֔ט me.'At “fewness”