number - 4591
orig_word - מָעַט
word_orig - a primitive root
translit - ma`at
tdnt - TWOT - 1228
phonetic - maw-at'
part_of_speech - Verb
st_def - a primitive root; properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective):--suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, × borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (X give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.
IPD_def -
- 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
English -
letter - m
data - {"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"}}
usages - suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, × borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (× give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing
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id - 4853
strongs - 4591
base_word - מָעַט
data - {"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"}}
usage - suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, × borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (× give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing
part_of_speech - v