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an adj. , ψ 109:8 יִהְיוּ יָמָיו מְעַטִּים , Ec 5:1 מְעַטִּים על־כן יהיו דבריך . d. as adverb. acc. , of place, 2 S 16:1 וְדָוִד עֹבֵר מְעַט ; of time, Jb 10:20b ; of degree, 2 K 10:18 אַחְאָב עָבַד אֶת־הַבַּעַל מְעָ˜ט , Ez 11:16 and have been to them for a sanctuary but little , Zc 1:15 ; repeated מְעַט מְעַט by little, by little = gradually, Ex 23:30 Dt 7:2 2. e. phrases:— a . with the interr. הֲ , Gn 30:15 אִישִׁי וְלָקַחַת הַֽמְעַט קַחְתֵּךְ אֶת־ was thy taking my husband (too) little? and (wilt thou be) for taking also my son’s love- apples? Nu 16:9–10 וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם גַּם כְּהֻנָּה הַֽמְעַט מִכֶּם כִּי

הִבְדִּיל is it too little for you that J. hath separated, etc., … and do ye seek, etc.? v 13 כִּי תִשְׂתָּרֵר גַּם הִשְׂתָּרֵר הַֽמְעַט כִּי הֶעֱלִיתָנוּ , Jos 22:17f. וְאַתֶּם תָּשׁוּבוּ וגו׳ הַֽמְעַט לָנוּ , Is 7:13 הַֽמְעַט מִכֶּם הַלְאֹות אֲנָשִׁים כִּי תַלְאוּ וגו׳ is wearying men too little for you, that you will weary also my God? Ez 34:18 (as Ew Co AV RV ), Jb 15:11 ; הַֽמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחוּמֹות אֵל . But Ez 16:20 ( si vera l. ) was it (too) little because of thy whoredom? (was that insufficient for thee? iii. 406 m ). b. עֹוד מְעַט וְ׳ , Ex 17:4 עֹוד מְעַט וּסְקָלֻנִי yet a little, and they will stone me, Je 51:33 Ho 1:4 ψ 37:10 ; עֹוד מְעַט מִזְעָר וְ׳ •Is 10:2 5; 29:17 ; cf. Hg 2:6 Jb 24:2 4.

2. כִּמְעַט like a little: hence a. almost ( cf. ὀλίγου ), of unrealized action, Gn 26:10 כִּמְעַט שָׁכַב almost had lain …, ψ 73:2 Q r, 94:17 ; 119:87 Pr 5:14 (all sq. pf .); Ez 16:47 כִּמְעַט קָט וַתַּשְׁחִתִי מֵהֶן like only(?) a little , and thou hadst done more corruptly than they; Ct 3:4 כִּמְעַט שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי מֵהֶם = hardly had I passed. b. with impf. , just , 2 S 19:37 כמעט יעבר עבדך just would thy servant pass over; lightly, easily, quickly ( cf. δι᾽ ὀλίγου ), ψ 2:12 כִּי יִבְעַר כִּמְעַט אַפֹּו , 81:15 Jb 32:2 2. c. = shortly , 2 Ch 12:7 . d. = little worth , Pr 10:20 ולב רשׁעים במעט . e. pleon. for מְעַט , Is 1:9 (accents) כִּמְעָ˜ט שָׂרִיד a little remnant, ψ 105:12 ( = 1 Ch 16:19 ) כִּמְעַט וְגָרִים בָּתּ ; כִּמְעַט רֶגַע like the littleness of a moment = for a little moment, Is 26:20 Ezr 9: 8.

מִעֻטָּה Ez 21:20 textual error, v. sub מרט .

מַעֲטֶה S 4594 TWOT 1601a GK 5073 v. I. עטה .

E. König, Heb. Gram.


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