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Exodus 16:17

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Masoretic Text 1524

H6213 did ויעשׂו

H3651 so כן

H1121 And the children בני

H3478 of Israel ישׂראל

H3950 and gathered וילקטו

H7235 some more המרבה

H4591 some less והממעיט׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

the

H1121 children

H3478 Israel

H6213 did

H3651 so

and

H3950 gathered

some

H7235 more

some

H4591 less

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H4591

Hebrew: מָעַט

Transliteration: mâʻaṭ

Pronunciation: maw-at'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: suffer to {decrease} {diminish} ({be} X-(idiom) borrow {a} {give} make) few (in {number} {-ness}) gather least ({little}) be (seem) {little} (X give the) {less} be {minished} bring to nothing.

Definition:

properly to pare {off} that {is} lessen; intransitively to be (or causatively to make) small or few (or figuratively ineffective)

1. to be or become small, be few, be diminished

a. (Qal)

1. to diminish

2. to be too small

b. (Piel) to become few

c. (Hiphil)

1. to make small, make few, diminish

2. to give less

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906