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title: קְטֹן — little · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קְטֹן (6995), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: little. BDB 1906: n.m. little (finger). With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְטֹן

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«קְטֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6995 · **BDB:** קְטֹן

### Glosses

finger (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

little [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6995/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. little (finger) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6995/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. little (finger);—sf. קָטֳנִּי (= קָטָנִּי van d. H. in Ch; cf. Köii. 69 Ges§ 93 q), 1 K 12:10 = 2 Ch 10:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קְטֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6995/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 10:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.10.10/)

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וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ אִתּ֗וֹ הַיְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר גָּדְל֣וּ אִתּוֹ֮ לֵאמֹר֒ כֹּֽה־תֹאמַ֡ר לָעָם֩ אֲשֶׁר־דִּבְּר֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יךָ לֵאמֹ֗ר אָבִ֙יךָ֙ הִכְבִּ֣יד אֶת־עֻלֵּ֔נוּ וְאַתָּ֖ה הָקֵ֣ל מֵעָלֵ֑ינוּ כֹּ֚ה תֹּאמַ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם קָֽטָנִּ֥י עָבָ֖ה מִמָּתְנֵ֥י אָבִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and they.spoke with him the.young men who they.had.grown.up with him (cmp) thus you.will.say to the people which they.have.spoken to you (cmp) father your he.made.heavy (et) yoke our and you lighten from on us thus you.will.say to them finger my.little it.is.thick more than.the.loins my.father my

*JPS 1917:* And the young men that were grown up with him spoke unto him, saying: 'Thus shalt thou say unto the people that spoke unto thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them: My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

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[1 Kings 12:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.12.10/)

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וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו הַיְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר גָּדְל֣וּ אִתּוֹ֮ לֵאמֹר֒ כֹּֽה־תֹאמַ֣ר לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֡ה אֲשֶׁר֩ דִּבְּר֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יךָ לֵאמֹ֗ר אָבִ֙יךָ֙ הִכְבִּ֣יד אֶת־עֻלֵּ֔נוּ וְאַתָּ֖ה הָקֵ֣ל מֵעָלֵ֑ינוּ כֹּ֚ה תְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם קָֽטָנִּ֥י עָבָ֖ה מִמָּתְנֵ֥י אָבִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and they.spoke to him the.young men who they.had.grown.up with him (cmp) thus you.will.say to the people (the) this which they.have.spoken to you (cmp) father your he.made.heavy (et) yoke our and you lighten from on us thus you.will.speak to them finger my.little it.is.thick more than.the.loins my.father my

*JPS 1917:* And the young men that were grown up with him spoke unto him, saying: 'Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spoke unto thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them: My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

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