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Hebrew wordlink #281903

OSHB Ecc 12:3 מִעֵטוּ (miˊēţū) Strongs=4591 Lemma=‘מָעַט’
contextual word gloss=‘they_have_become_few’ word gloss=‘few’
Morphology=Vpp3cp PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-977

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Only use of identical word form ‘מִעֵטוּ’ (Morphology=Vpp3cp PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מִעֵטוּ’ (Morphology=Vpp3cp PoS=piel_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘they_have_become_few’.

ECC 12:3 contextual word gloss=‘they_have_become_few’ word gloss=‘few’ OSHB ECC 12:3 word 11

OET-LV: 3 In _the_day when_they _will _tremble those _who_keep _of (of)_the_house and_they _will _bend _themselves the _people _of (the)_strength and_they _will _cease the_female_grinders if/because they _have _become _few and_they _will _grow _dim the_women_who_look in_windows. (ECC_12:3)

OET-RV: 3 That day when the guards of the house will get the trembles
⇔ and the strong men will be bent over,
⇔ and the women grinding grain will stop because there’s only a few of them left,
⇔ and the women looking out the windows will no longer see clearly. (ECC 12:3)