מְעַט 101 substantive a little, fewness, a few; —
מ׳ absolute and construct,
מְעָ֑ט Isaiah 10:7 +, plural
מְעַטִּים Psalm 109:8;
Ecclesiastes 5:1; —
1.
a. Genesis 30:30 מעט אשׁר היה לך לְפָנַי the little that thou hadst,
Genesis 47:9 מעט ורעים היו ימי שׁני חיי few and evil,
Leviticus 25:52;
Numbers 26:54 (compare
Numbers 33:54)
וְלַמְעַט תמעיט נחלתו and
to the small (few) thou shalt make small his inheritance,
Numbers 33:56;
Numbers 35:8 תמעיטו הַֽמְעַט וּמֵאֵת,
Deuteronomy 7:7 מכל־ הַֽמְעַט אתםֿ וכיֿ העמים ye are
the fewest out of all peoples,
1 Samuel 14:6 לְהוֺשִׁיעַ בְּרַב אוֺ בִמְעָ֑ט,
Jeremiah 42:2 כִּי נִשְׁאַרְנוּ מְעַט מֵהַרְבֵּה we are left
as few out of many,
Ezekiel 5:3 מִשָּׁם וְלָקַחְתָּ בְּמִסְפָּר מְעַט,
Haggai 1:6 זְרַעְתֶּם הַרְבֵּה וְהָבֵא מְעָ֑ט (compare
Haggai 1:9),
Psalm 8:6 ותחסּרהו מעט מאלהים,
Psalm 37:16 טוֺב מְעַט לַצַּדִּיק (compare
Proverbs 15:16;
Proverbs 16:8),
2 Chronicles 29:34 רַק הַכֹּהֲנִים הָיוּ לִמְעָ֑ט; as predicate
Numbers 13:18 הַמְעַט הוּא אִםרָֿ֑ב,
Joshua 7:3 כִּי מְעַט הֵמָּה,
Job 10:20;
Ruth 2:7;
Nehemiah 7:4;
Isaiah 16:14 וּשְׁאָר מְעַט מִזְעָר. —
Hosea 8:10 וַיָּחֵלּוּ מְעַט and they begin
as littleness (=
to be minished) because of, &c.; but read probably (

)
וְיֶחְדְּלוּ מְעַט מִמְּשֹׁחַ and they shall cease
for a little (
d) from anointing, etc.
b. as substantive with following genitive,
Genesis 18:4 מְעַט מַיִם a little of water,
Genesis 24:17,
43,
מְעַט אֹכֶל Genesis 43:2;
Genesis 44:25;
1 Samuel 14:43;
1 Samuel 17:28 מְעַט הַצּאֹן הָהֵ֫נָּה literally
the fewness of those sheep,
Proverbs 6:10 +; as genitive to a previous substantive,
מְתֵי מְעָ֑ט men
of fewness Deuteronomy 26:5;
Deuteronomy 28:62; in apposition,
Isaiah 10:7 לְהַכְרִית גּוֺיִם לֹא מְעָ֑ט,
Ezra 9:8 מִחְיָה מְעַט,
Nehemiah 2:12 וַאֲנָשִׁים מְעַט עִמִּי,
Ecclesiastes 9:4; either genitive or appositive,
Ecclesiastes 10:1;
Daniel 11:34 יֵעָֽזְרוּ עֵזֶר מְעָ֑ט with a help
of smallness.
e. phrases: —
a. with the interrogative
הֲ, †
Genesis 30:15 אֶתֿ קַחְתֵּך הַֽמְעַט וְלָקַחַת אִישִׁי was thy taking my husband (too) little? and (wilt thou be) for taking also my son's love-apples?
Numbers 16:9-10 כִּי מִכֶּם הַֽמְעַט כְּהֻנָּה גַּם וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם ֗֗֗ הִבְדִּיל is it
too little for you that J. hath separated, etc.,... and do ye seek, etc.?
Numbers 16:13 ַֽֽֽהמְעַט כִּי הֶעֱלִיתָנוּ ֗֗֗ כִּי תִשְׂתָּרֵר גַּם הִשְׂתָּרֵר,
Joshua 22:17f.
וגו׳ תָּשׁוּבו וְאַתֶּם ֗֗֗ לָנוּ הַֽמְעַט,
Isaiah 7:13 וגו׳ תַלְאוּ כִּי אֲנָשִׁים הַלְאוֺת מִכֶּם הַֽמְעַט is wearying men
too little for you, that you will weary also my God?
Ezekiel 34:18 (as Ew Co AV RV),
Job 15:11 אֵל תַּנְחוּמוֺת מִמְּךָ הַֽמְעַט. But
Ezekiel 16:20 (si vera lectio) was it (too) little
because of thy whoredom? (was that insufficient for thee? Kö
iii. 406 m).
2. † כִּמְעַט like a little: hence
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