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title: מִצְעָר — a small thing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִצְעָר (4706), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a small thing. BDB 1906: n.m. small thing. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִצְעָר

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«מִצְעָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a small thing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4706 · **BDB:** מִצְעָר²

### Glosses

Mizar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a small thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4706/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. small thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4706/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a small thing (‖ מִזְעָר);— abs. מ׳ a small thing, of city Gn 19:20(×2) (J); of Job’s fortunes, רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מ׳ Jb 8:7 (opp. יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹד); cstr. מִצְעַר אֲנָשִׁים 2 Ch 24:24 a few men; of time לַמּ׳ Is 63:18 for the \[a\] little while.—ψ 42:7 v. ii. מ׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִצְעָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4706/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 42:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.7/)

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אֱ‍ֽלֹהַ֗י עָלַי֮ נַפְשִׁ֪י תִשְׁתּ֫וֹחָ֥ח עַל־כֵּ֗ן אֶ֭זְכָּרְךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יַרְדֵּ֑ן וְ֝חֶרְמוֹנִ֗ים מֵהַ֥ר מִצְעָֽר׃

*Word for word:* my.God my on me being my it.is.bowed.down therefore I will.remember.you from the.land of.\[the\].Jordan and Hermon(s) from mount Mizar

*JPS 1917:* O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore do I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

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