מִצְעָר
miṣʿār
a small thing
Strong's H4705NounHebrewTWOT 1948c

מִצְעָר (miṣʿār) is a Hebrew noun meaning a small thing. It appears 5 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4705).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1948c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1948c)little, insignificant, young; a small thing; littleness, diminutive, petty, short; little one, small
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צָעִיר adjective: little, insignificant, young

מִצְעָר noun, masculine: a small thing

Strong's H4704 מִצְּעִירָה: properly, littleness; concretely, diminutive
KJV:little.

Strong's H4705 מִצְעָר: petty (in size or number); adverbially, a short (time)
KJV:little one (while), small.

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 1948: צָעַר ṣāʿar — be, grow, insignificant; be small, ignoble; be brought low, little one

See it in Scripture

Genesis 19:202 Chronicles 24:24Job 8:7

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