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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - מָעַט

מָעַט

H4591

Transliteration: mâʻaṭ

Pronunciation: maw-at'

Definition: suffer to decrease


Original: מעט

Transliteration: mâ‛aṭ

Phonetic: maw-at'

BDB Definition:

  1. to be or become small, be few, be diminished
    1. (Qal)
      1. to diminish
      2. to be too small
    2. (Piel) to become few
    3. (Hiphil)
      1. to make small, make few, diminish
      2. to give less

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1228

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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