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title: מִזְעָר — a little · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִזְעָר (4213), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: a little. BDB 1906: little, trifle, few. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִזְעָר

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«מִזְעָר» 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4213 · **BDB:** מִזְעָר

### Glosses

fewness (2); of.a.little (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a little [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4213/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

little, trifle, few [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4213/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a little, a trifle, a few. of time עוֹד מְעַט מִזְעָ֑ר Is 10:25; 29:17 yet a trifle, a little = a very little while. of number שְׁאָר מְעַט מִזְעָר Is 16:14 a remnant, a very few (opp. לוֹא כַּבִּיר). In Is 3 without מעט:—ונשׁאר אנושׁ מִזְעָֽר ׃ Is 24:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «מִזְעָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4213/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 10:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.25/)

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כִּי־ע֖וֹד מְעַ֣ט מִזְעָ֑ר וְכָ֣לָה זַ֔עַם וְאַפִּ֖י עַל־תַּבְלִיתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) yet a.little of.a.little and it.will.be.complete indignation and anger my \[will.be\].on destruction their

*JPS 1917:* For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall be accomplished, and Mine anger shall be to their destruction.

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[Isaiah 29:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.17/)

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הֲלוֹא־עוֹד֙ מְעַ֣ט מִזְעָ֔ר וְשָׁ֥ב לְבָנ֖וֹן לַכַּרְמֶ֑ל וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל לַיַּ֥עַר יֵחָשֵֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* ? not yet a.little of.a.little and it.will.turn Lebanon into (the) orchard and the orchard to (the) forest it.will.be.considered

*JPS 1917:* Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

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