בְּנֵי־מְעוּנִים (among Nethinim who went back with Zerub.) Ezr 2:50 = Neh 7:52 are perhaps descendants of those named above ( 2 Ch 26:7 ). Ö οἱ Μιναῖοι ,
but against
מ׳
=
Minæans
(
Glaser
Skizze ii. 450 f.
al.
)
v
Sprenger
ZMG xliv (1890), 505
.
[
מָעוּף
S
4588
TWOT
1583b
GK
5066
]
v.
I.
עיף
.
מָעֹור S 4589 TWOT 1588a GK 5067 v. II. עזר .
מעז
(
√ of following
)
.
• מַֽעַזְיָהוּ S 4590 GK 5069 , מַֽעַזְיָה S 4590 GK 5068 n.pr.m. of priests. 1. 1 Ch 24:18 ascribed to David’s time, A Μοοζαλ , Ö L Μοοζια . 2. Neh 10:9 , Nehemiah’s time, A Μααζεια , Ö L Μααζίας .
•[מָעַט S 4591 TWOT 1228 GK 5070 ] vb. be or become small, diminished, few
(
NH
,
Talm
,
id.;
Arabic
مَعِطَ
(
ma˓iṭa
) is
to be without hair on the body
)
—
Qal
Impf.
יִמְעַט
Ex 12:
4,
2
mpl.
תִּמְעָ˜טוּ
Je 29:
6,
3
mpl.
יִמְעָ˜טוּ
Is 21:17
+,
וַיִּמְעֲטוּ
ψ 107:39
;
Inf.
מְעֹם
Lv 25:1
6;
—Ex 12:4
אִס־יִמְעַט הַבַּיִת מִהְיֹות מִשֶּׂה
if the house be
too small
for a lamb;
Ne 9:32
אֵת כָּל־הַתְּלָאָה אַל־יִמְעַט לְפָנֶיךָ
(
cf.
Ges
§ 117 l); of a people,
Je 29:6
וּרְבוּ שָׁם וְאַל־תִּמְעָ˜טוּ
and
become
not
few
,
30:19
וְהִרְבִּתִים וְלֹא רִמְעָ˜טוּ
,
Is 21:17
ψ 107:39
;
Pr 13:11
הֹון מֵהֶבֶל יִמְעָ˜ט
diminishes
(
opp.
יַרְבֶּה
);
Lv 25:16
וּלְפִי מְעֹט הַשָּׁנִים
according to the
fewness
of the years.
Pi.
become few
(
Ges
§ 52 k),
Pf.
3
pl.
Ec 12:3
הַטֹּחֲנֹות כִּי מִעֵ˜טוּ וּבָֽטְלוּ
.
Hiph.
Pf.
3
fs. consec.
וְהִמְעִ˜יטָה
(
Ges
§ 49 k),
Lv 26:22
,
1
s. with
sf.
וְהִמְעַטְתִּים
Ez 29:1
5;
Impf.
2
ms.
תַּמְעִיט
Lv 25:1
6,
תַּמְעִטֵ˜נִי
Je 10:3
4,
2
fs.
תַּמְעִ˜יטִי
2 K 4:
3, etc.;—
make small
or
few, diminish:
a.
Lv 26:22
(of the sword)
אֶתְכֶם וְהִמְעִ˜יטָה
,
Ez 29:15
Ke
C. F. Keil.
Öt
S. Öttli
.
Kau
E. Kautzsch.
Glaser
E. Glaser,
skizze der Geschichte u. Geographie arabiens
.
Talm
?Talmud.
mpl.
masculine plural.