מְעַט

Strong’s Definition

a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)

Etymology & Derivation

or מְעָט; from H4591 (מָעַט);

KJV Usage

almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.littleness, few, a little, fewness
• 2.little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little
• 3.like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mᵉʻaṭ; Pronunciation: meh-at'