מִזְעָר
miz.ar
“little”
Definition
fewness; by implication, as superl. diminutiveness
from the same as H2191 (זְעֵיר)xlit zeʻêyr corrected to zᵉʻêyr;
- a little, a trifle, a few 1a) a trifle, a little (of time) 1b) a remnant, a very few (of number)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מִזְעָר appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For in just a little whileMy fury against you will subside,and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
Therefore a curse has consumed the earth,and its inhabitants must bear the guilt;the earth’s dwellers have been burned,and only a few survive.
In a very short time,will not Lebanon become an orchard,and the orchard seem like a forest?
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