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title: זְעֵיר — a little · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זְעֵיר (2191), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: a little. BDB 1906: little. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זְעֵיר

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«זְעֵיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a little** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 2191 · **BDB:** זְעֵיר

### Glosses

a.little (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a little [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2191/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

little [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2191/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a little (diminutive form Ol§ 180 LagBN 85)— of quantity, amount (of instruction) ז׳ שָׁם ז׳ שָׁם Is 28:10, 13 (in both ‖ צַו, קַו). of time, כַּתַּר־לִי ז׳ וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ Jb 36:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זְעֵיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2191/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.2/)

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כַּתַּר־לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י ע֖וֹד לֶאֱל֣וֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* wait for me a.little so that I.may.inform.you (dm).that still \[are\].for God words

*JPS 1917:* Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; for there are yet words on God's behalf.

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[Isaiah 28:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.10/)

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כִּ֣י צַ֤ו לָצָו֙ צַ֣ו לָצָ֔ו קַ֥ו לָקָ֖ו קַ֣ו לָקָ֑ו זְעֵ֥יר שָׁ֖ם זְעֵ֥יר שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) command to command command to command line to line line to line a.little there a.little there

*JPS 1917:* For it is precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little.

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