Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #226258

OSHB Neh 9:32 יִמְעַט (yimˊaţ) Strongs=4591 Lemma=‘מָעַט’
contextual word gloss=‘let_it_be_small’ word gloss=‘belittle’
Morphology=Vqj3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-445

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Only use of identical word form ‘יִמְעַט’ (Morphology=Vqj3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יִמְעַט’ (Morphology=Vqj3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=jussive Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘let_it_be_small’.

NEH 9:32 contextual word gloss=‘let_it_be_small’ word gloss=‘belittle’ OSHB NEH 9:32 word 11

OET-LV: 32 And_now our _god _of_Oh (the)_god (the)_great (the)_mighty and_(the)_awesome who_keeps the_covenant and _(the)_covenant_loyalty not let _it _be _small to_your_face DOM all _of the_hardship which it_has _come _upon _us to_kings _of_our to_leaders _of_our and_to_priests _of_our and_to_prophets _of_our and_to_ancestors _of_our and_to/for_all people _of_your since_the _days _of the _kings _of ʼAshshūr until the_day (the)_this. (NEH_9:32)

OET-RV: 32 “So now God, our amazing, powerful, and awesome God who keeps his agreements due to his loyal commitment, don’t just ignore all our current hardships affecting us, our kings and our leaders, our priests and our prophets, and our ancestors and all your people, from the period of the Assyrian kings until today. (NEH 9:32)

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