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# little

«little» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **small in size: a little house** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (little, littler, littlest — usually smaller, smallest); determiner, pronoun (little, less, least; a little); adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Little means small in size: a little house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#m1)

2) Little means young: my little brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#m2)

3) «A little» means a small amount, some: a little milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#m3)

4) «Little» without «a» means not much, almost none: little time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#m4)

5) As an adverb, a little means slightly: a little tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

«a little revision» = a short review; «a little box» = a small one; in everyday life «little by little» (slowly), «a little bit», «little finger»; in stories Little Red Riding Hood, the little pig

### examples

- And our father said: Go again, buy us a little food. (Torah GEN.44.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x1)
- and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl; (Torah LEV.11.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x2)
- the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl; (Torah DEU.14.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x3)
- Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. (Writings PRO.16.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x4)
- Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, (Writings JOB.10.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x5)
- They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. (Writings JOB.21.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x6)
- First, a little revision of what we learned before … [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x7)
- A little box holds 4 crayons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x8)
- My little sister is three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x9)
- Can I have a little more juice? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x10)
- There is little water left in the bottle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x11)
- I am a little tired after the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x12)
- Little by little the snowman melted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x13)
- The three little pigs built three houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x14)
- "I can!" said the little Rabbit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/#x15)

### note

No operation clue. «a little» goes with things you cannot count (a little sugar); «a few» with things you can (a few sweets). Trap: «a little» is an amount you cannot count exactly, not a number.

### In the corpora

- [Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.444/)
- [And our father said: Go again, buy us a little food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1464/)
- [By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.679/)
- [and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.271/)
- [Our wives and our little ones will be a prey; were it not better for us to return into Egypt?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.525/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «little» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/little/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.