מְעַט (mĕʿaṭ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning a little. It appears
101 times
in 28 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4592).
Also rendered
little
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1228a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1228a)a little, fewness, a few; almost few, almost fewer, almost fest, lightly, small, some, soon
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מְעַטsubstantive: a little, fewness, a few
Strong's H4592מְעַט: a little or few (often adverbial or comparative) KJV:almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, × very.
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.
Root family 1228: מָעַטmāʿaṭ — 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