| Base Word | |
| מָעַט | |
| Short Definition | properly, to pare off, i.e., lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective) |
| Long Definition | to be or become small, be few, be diminished |
| Derivation | a primitive root |
| International Phonetic Alphabet | mɔːˈʕɑt̪’ |
| IPA mod | mɑːˈʕɑt |
| Syllable | māʿaṭ |
| Diction | maw-AT |
| Diction Mod | ma-AT |
| Usage | suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, × borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (× give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing |
| Part of speech | v |
Exodus 12:4
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Exodus 16:17
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
Exodus 16:18
And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
Exodus 30:15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
Leviticus 25:16
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
Leviticus 25:16
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
Leviticus 26:22
And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
Numbers 11:32
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
Numbers 26:54
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
Occurences : 22
எபிரேய எழுத்துக்கள் Hebrew Letters in Tamilஎபிரேய உயிரெழுத்துக்கள் Hebrew Vowels in TamilHebrew Short Vowels in Tamil எபிரேய குறில் உயிரெழுத்துக்கள்Hebrew Long Vowels in Tamil எபிரேய நெடில் உயிரெழுத்துக்கள்