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Hebrew wordlink #177661

OSHB 2 Ki 10:18 מְעָט (məˊāţ) Strongs=4592 Lemma=‘מְעַט’
contextual word gloss=‘a_little’ word gloss=‘a_little’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
TimeSeries=Reign_of_Jehu

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Other uses (6) of identical word form מְעָט (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מְעָט’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 5 different glosses: ‘[were]_few’, ‘a_few’, ‘a_little’, ‘fewness’, ‘little’.

DEU 26:5 contextual word gloss=‘fewness’ word gloss=‘a_few’ OSHB DEU 26:5 word 14

OET-LV: 5 And_you _will _answer and_you _will _say to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH god _of_your was_an _ʼArammiy wandering ancestor _of_my and_he/it _descended to_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_he _sojourned there (in)_men _of fewness and_he/it _was there to_(a)_nation great mighty and_numerous. (DEU_26:5)

OET-RV: 5 Then in Yahweh’s presence you should respond, “My ancestor was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt with his smallish family, and lived there and eventually became a large and powerful people. (DEU 26:5)

DEU 28:62 contextual word gloss=‘fewness’ word gloss=‘a_few’ OSHB DEU 28:62 word 3

OET-LV: 62 And_you(pl)_will _be _left (in)_men _of fewness in _place _of that you(pl)_were like_the _stars _of the_heavens to_increase _in _number if/because not you _have _listened to_the _voice _of YHWH god _of_your. (DEU_28:62)

OET-RV: 62 Even though you all had been as numerous as the stars in the sky, your country will be left underpopulated because you didn’t listen to your god Yahweh’s voice. (DEU 28:62)

2 SAM 12:8 contextual word gloss=‘little’ word gloss=‘too_little’ OSHB 2 SAM 12:8 word 17

OET-LV: 8 And_I_gave to/for_yourself(m) DOM the _house _of your(pl)_master(s)_of_of and_DOM the _wives _of your(pl)_master(s)_of_of in_your _of_bosom and_I_gave to/for_yourself(m) DOM the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_Yəhūdāh/(Yihudah) and_if little and_I _will _add to_you like_those and_like_those. (SA2_12:8)

OET-RV: 8 I gave you the house that belonged to your master, as well as his wives. I made you king over both Yisrael and Yehudah. And if that wasn’t enough, I’ve given you more and more. (SA2 12:8)

ECC 9:14 contextual word gloss=‘[were]_few’ word gloss=‘few’ OSHB ECC 9:14 word 5

OET-LV: 14 A _city small and_men in_it were_few and_he _came to_her/it a _king great and_he _surrounded DOM_her/it and_he _built on/upon_it(f) siege _works great. (ECC_9:14)

OET-RV: 14 There was a small walled city with not so many inhabitants and a powerful king decided to attack it so he surrounded it and built large siege ramps against the walls. (ECC 9:14)

ISA 10:7 contextual word gloss=‘a_few’ word gloss=‘a_few’ OSHB ISA 10:7 word 15

OET-LV: 7 And_he not thus he _intended and_his _of_heart not thus it _planned if/because to_destroy is_in_his _of_heart and_to_cut _off nations not a _few. (ISA_10:7)

OET-RV: ⇔  7 However, that’s not what’s in his mind,
⇔ and he doesn’t even think about those things,
⇔ because he’s bent on destruction
⇔ and the elimination of not just a few nations. (ISA 10:7)

DAN 11:34 contextual word gloss=‘a_little’ word gloss=‘a_little’ OSHB DAN 11:34 word 4

OET-LV: 34 And_when_they_stumble they _will _be _helped help a _little and_they _will _join _themselves to_them many_people by_intrigues. (DAN_11:34)

OET-RV: 34 When they fall, they’ll receive a little help. Many will join themselves with them in hypocrisy. (DAN 11:34)