Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #30632

OSHB Exo 12:4 יִמְעַט (yimˊaţ) Strongs=4591 Lemma=‘מָעַט’
contextual word gloss=‘it_will_be_[too]_small’ word gloss=‘small’
Morphology=Vqi3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-1491 TimeSeries=Exodus_from_Egypt

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Only use of identical word form ‘יִמְעַט’ (Morphology=Vqi3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יִמְעַט’ (Morphology=Vqi3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘it_will_be_[too]_small’.

EXO 12:4 contextual word gloss=‘it_will_be_[too]_small’ word gloss=‘small’ OSHB EXO 12:4 word 2

OET-LV: 4 And_if it _will _be_too_small the_household for_being for_a _lamb and_he/it _will _take he and_neighbour _of_his (the)_near to house _of_his by_the_number _of people each _one to_the _mouth _of his _food _of_his you(pl)_will _estimate on the_lamb. (EXO_12:4)

OET-RV: 4 But if the household’s too small to cook a whole animal, then neighbours can combine and share—budgeting on how much each person eats. (EXO 12:4)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מָעַט’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘it_will_be_[too]_small’, ‘let_it_be_small’.