--- title: קָטָן — small · The Tanakh dictionary description: קָטָן (6996), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 47 times: small. BDB 1906: adj. small, young, unimportant. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6996.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1511.md)‎ / קָטָן‎ # קָטָן «קָטָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **small** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 47 times · **Key:** 6996 · **BDB:** קָטָן ### Glosses small (15); young (14); little (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) small [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6996/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) adj. small, young, unimportant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6996/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** adj. small, young, unimportant;—abs. ק׳ Gn 9:24 +; sf. קְטַנָּם (Köii. 1, 74) Je 6:13 +; fs. קְטַנָּה Gn 29:16 +; mpl. קְטַנִּים 2 K 18:24 +; cstr. קְטַנֵּי 1 S 9:21 (v. Dr; We conj. -נִּי, old cstr., cf. HPS), Pr 30:24; fpl. קְטַנּוֹת Ez 16:61 +;— small: especially of children, youth = young, Gn 44:20 (J) 2 S 9:12; 1 K 11:17; 2 K 2:23; 5:2, of sister Ct 8:8; = younger, of two children (often opp. גדול), Gn 9:24; 27:15, 42 (all J), 29:16, 18 (E), 1 S 14:49 (f.; opp. הַבְּכִירָה); of younger sister Ju 15:2, so (fig.) Ez 16:46 and (+ מִן comp.) v 61; brother 1 Ch 24:31; הַקּ׳ youngest son (of several) 1 S 16:11; 17:14; + גָּדוֹל = young and old (v. קָטֹן 1) Je 16:6 cf. 2 Ch 31:15; 34:30. of things: utterance Nu 22:18 (E), weight Dt 25:13, 14, vessels 2 Ch 36:18, animals ψ 104:25 (all opp. גדול); cf. also 2 S 12:3; 1 K 2:20; 17:13; 18:44; 2 K 4:10; Ez 43:14 (opp. גדול), Pr 30:24; Ct 2:15, + prob. Ez 46:22 (v II. \[קָטַר\]); כְּלֵי הַקָּטָן Is 22:24 the vessels of small size (fig.). small: with added idea of weakness, pers. 2 K 18:24 = Is 36:9, city Ec 9:14. = insignificant, (1) tribe 1 S 9:21; (2) pers. (+ גדול; = all persons) Je 6:13; 31:34 Jon 3:5 ψ 115:13 Est 1:5, 20, cf. 1 Ch 12:14 (van d. H. v 13); (3) in gen., יוֹם קְטַנּוֹת Zc 4:10 day of small things.—Vid. also קָטֹן. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 46 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «קָטָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6996/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 115:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.115.13/) יְ֭בָרֵךְ יִרְאֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הַ֝קְּטַנִּ֗ים עִם־הַגְּדֹלִֽים׃ *Word for word:* he.will.bless \[those\].fearing (of).Yahweh (the) small with (the) great *JPS 1917:* He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. [Proverbs 30:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.24/) אַרְבָּ֣עָה הֵ֭ם קְטַנֵּי־אָ֑רֶץ וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה חֲכָמִ֥ים מְחֻכָּמִֽים׃ *Word for word:* four.\[things\] they \[are\].small.\[things\] of.\[the\].earth and they \[are\].wise.\[things\] made.wise *JPS 1917:* There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: - ← previous: [קְטֹן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6995.md) - next →: [קָטָן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5d8_5b8_5df.md) - ↑ back to [ק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1511.md)