מָעַט (māʿaṭ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be small. It appears
22 times
in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4591).
Also rendered
to diminish
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1228)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1228)be, become small, diminished, few; too small; become few; make small; pare, lessen, make, small, ineffective; suffer to decrease, fewness, gather least, be little, less, be minished, bring to nothing
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מָעַטverb: be, become small, diminished, few
Qalbe too small for a lamb
Pielbecome few
Hiphilmake small or few, diminish
Strong's H4591מָעַט: properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective) KJV:suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, × borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (× give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.