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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

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101 occurrences in 92 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. Genesis 18:4

    Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

    מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”

  2. Genesis 24:17

    The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."

    מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”

  3. Genesis 24:43

    Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, Give me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink.

    מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”

  4. Genesis 26:10

    Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!"

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

  5. Genesis 30:15

    She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?" Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."

    הַמְעַט֙ (מְעַט֙) m.'At “small”

  6. Genesis 30:30

    For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?"

    מְעַט֩ me.'At “a little”

  7. Genesis 43:2

    It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."

    מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”

  8. Genesis 43:11

    Their father, Israel, said to them, "If it be so now, do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

    מְעַ֤ט me.'At “a little of”וּמְעַ֣ט (מְעַ֣ט) me.'At “a little of”

  9. Genesis 44:25

    Our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food.'

    מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”

  10. Genesis 47:9

    Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “few”

  11. Exodus 17:4

    Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me."

    מְעַ֖ט me.'At “a little”

  12. Exodus 23:30

    Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.

    מְעַ֥ט me.'At “little”מְעַ֛ט me.'At “little”

  13. Leviticus 25:52

    If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give back the price of his redemption.

    מְעַ֞ט me.'At “few”

  14. Numbers 13:18

    and see the land, what it is; and the people who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;

    הַמְעַ֥ט (מְעַ֥ט) m.'At “few”

  15. Numbers 16:9

    [supplied: seems it but] a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tent of Yahweh, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;

    הַמְעַ֣ט (מְעַ֣ט) m.'At “[is it too] small”

  16. Numbers 16:13

    is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must needs make yourself also a prince over us?

    הַמְעַ֗ט (מְעַ֗ט) m.'At “[is it] small”

  17. 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.

    וְלַמְעַ֕ט (מְעַ֕ט) m.'At “few”

  18. Numbers 26:56

    According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.

    לִמְעָֽט׃ (מְעָֽט) m.'At “[the] few”

  19. 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.

    וְלַמְעַט֙ (מְעַט֙) m.'At “few”

  20. 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.

    הַמְעַ֖ט (מְעַ֖ט) m.'At “few”

  21. Deuteronomy 7:7

    Yahweh didn't set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:

    הַמְעַ֖ט (מְעַ֖ט) m.'At “few”

  22. Deuteronomy 7:22

    Yahweh your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “little”מְעָ֑ט me.'At “little”

  23. Deuteronomy 26:5

    You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

    מְעָ֑ט me.'At “fewness”

  24. Deuteronomy 28:38

    You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

    וּמְעַ֣ט (מְעַ֣ט) me.'At “little”

  25. Deuteronomy 28:62

    You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

    מְעָ֔ט me.'At “fewness”