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מעט

mait
verb
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A primitive root

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, (× give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.

Outline

  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

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