Base Word
מָעַט
Short Definitionproperly, to pare off, i.e., lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
Long Definitionto be or become small, be few, be diminished
Derivationa primitive root
International Phonetic Alphabetmɔːˈʕɑt̪’
IPA modmɑːˈʕɑt
Syllablemāʿaṭ
Dictionmaw-AT
Diction Modma-AT
Usagesuffer 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 speechv

Exodus 12:4
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

Exodus 16:17
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

Exodus 16:18
And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

Exodus 30:15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

Leviticus 25:16
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

Leviticus 25:16
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

Leviticus 26:22
And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

Numbers 11:32
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

Numbers 26:54
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

Occurences : 22

எபிரேய எழுத்துக்கள் Hebrew Letters in Tamilஎபிரேய உயிரெழுத்துக்கள் Hebrew Vowels in TamilHebrew Short Vowels in Tamil எபிரேய குறில் உயிரெழுத்துக்கள்Hebrew Long Vowels in Tamil எபிரேய நெடில் உயிரெழுத்துக்கள்