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מָעַט

𐤌𐤏𐤈

mâʻaṭ

H4591

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

a primitive root; properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective); suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, [idiom] borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, ([idiom] give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.

Root Family

מעט (m-ʿ-ṭ) — smallness, fewness, diminution, reduction, insufficiency

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Word Forms

15 distinct forms — 22 total occurrences

SILEX Code Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H4591-14 יִמְעַ֣ט yimeat HVqi3ms is too small he becomes small 3
H4591-04 תַּמְעִ֖יט tameit HVhi2ms you shall diminish you will cause to become few 3
H4591-13 יַמְעִ֔יט yameit HVhi3ms he diminishes he causes to become small 2
H4591-15 יִמְעָ֑טוּ yimeatu HVqi3mp they-will-be-few they will become few 2
H4591-10 וְ/הַ/מַּמְעִֽיט vehamameit HC/Td/Vhrmsa and the one gathering little and the one causing-to-be-few 2
H4591-06 תַּמְעִֽיטִי tameiti HVhj2fs hold back you will cause to lessen 1
H4591-09 וַ/יִּמְעֲט֥וּ vayimeatu HC/Vqw3mp they were diminished and they became few 1
H4591-07 תַּמְעִ֑יטוּ tameitu HVhi2mp you shall take less you (masculine plural) shall cause to become few 1
H4591-03 מִעֵ֔טוּ mietu HVpp3cp they are few they diminished 1
H4591-08 תִּמְעָֽטוּ timeatu HVqj2mp decrease you will become few 1

Occurrences in Scripture

SILEX Code Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H4591-14 Exodus 12:4 יִמְעַ֣ט yimeat HVqi3ms is too small he becomes small
H4591-10 Exodus 16:17 וְ/הַ/מַּמְעִֽיט vehamameit HC/Td/Vhrmsa and the one gathering little and the one causing-to-be-few
H4591-10 Exodus 16:18 וְ/הַ/מַּמְעִ֖יט vehamameit HC/Td/Vhrmsa and the one gathering little and the one causing-to-be-few
H4591-13 Exodus 30:15 יַמְעִ֔יט yameit HVhi3ms shall give less he causes to become small
H4591-02 Leviticus 25:16 מְעֹ֣ט meot HVqc the fewness hundreds
H4591-04 Leviticus 25:16 תַּמְעִ֖יט tameit HVhi2ms you shall diminish you will cause to become few
H4591-12 Leviticus 26:22 וְ/הִמְעִ֖יטָה vehimeitah HC/Vhq3fs and diminish and she caused to become small
H4591-01 Numbers 11:32 הַ/מַּמְעִ֕יט hamameit HTd/Vhrmsa the least the one causing to lessen
H4591-04 Numbers 26:54 תַּמְעִ֖יט tameit HVhi2ms you shall diminish you will cause to become few
H4591-04 Numbers 33:54 תַּמְעִ֣יט tameit HVhi2ms you shall give less you will cause to become few
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