{"def":{"short":"properly, to pare off, i.e., lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)","long":["to be or become small, be few, be diminished",["(Qal)",["to diminish","to be too small"],"(Piel) to become few","(Hiphil)",["to make small, make few, diminish","to give less"]]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"mɔːˈʕɑt̪’","ipa_mod":"mɑːˈʕɑt","sbl":"māʿaṭ","dic":"maw-AT","dic_mod":"ma-AT"}}