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mᵊʿaṭ מְעַט ‘little’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from māʿaṭ מָעַט ‘to diminish’
Roots: מעט

mᵊʿaṭ n, m
1) littleness, few, a little, fewness
 1a) little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little
 1b) like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth

Mentioned in Genesis 43:2, 43:11, 44:25, 47:9, 26:10, 24:43, 24:17, 30:15, 30:30, 18:4 Exodus 17:4, 23:30 Codex Leviticus 25:52 Numbers 33:54, 35:8, 26:54, 16:9, 13:18, 16:13, 26:56 Deuteronomy 26:5, 7:22, 28:62, 28:38, 7:7 Joshua 7:3, 22:17 Judges 4:19 1 Samuel 14:29, 14:6, 17:28, 14:43 2 Samuel 12:8, 19:37, 16:1 1 Kings 17:12, 17:10 2 Kings 10:18 Isaiah 7:13, 16:14, 10:25, 26:20, 10:7, 1:9, 29:17 Jeremiah 42:2, 51:33 Ezekiel 11:16, 16:20, 5:3, 34:18, 16:47 Hosea 1:4, 8:10 Haggai 2:6, 1:6, 1:9 Zechariah 1:15 Psalms 2:12, 109:8, 81:15, 37:10, 73:2, 8:6, 119:87, 105:12, 94:17, 37:16 Proverbs 15:16, 10:20, 5:14, 6:10, 24:33, 16:8 Job 15:11, 24:24, 10:20, 32:22 Song of Songs 3:4 Ruth 2:7 Ecclesiastes 5:11, 12:3, 5:1, 9:14, 10:1 Daniel 11:23, 11:34 Ezra 9:8 Nehemiah 2:12, 7:4 1 Chronicles 16:19 2 Chronicles 29:34, 12:7

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