זְעֵיר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2191

a little — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

a little tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זְעֵיר: little tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] a little (diminutive form Ol§ 180 LagBN 85)— of quantity, amount (of instruction) ז׳ שָׁם ז׳ שָׁם Is 28:10, 13 (in both ‖ צַו, קַו). of time, כַּתַּר־לִי ז׳ וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ Jb 36:2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a little (5).

In the verses

Job 36:2 · tree →

כַּתַּר־לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י ע֖וֹד לֶאֱל֣וֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃

Word for word: wait for me a.little so that I.may.inform.you (dm).that still [are].for God words

JPS 1917: Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; for there are yet words on God's behalf.

Isaiah 28:10 · tree →

כִּ֣י צַ֤ו לָצָו֙ צַ֣ו לָצָ֔ו קַ֥ו לָקָ֖ו קַ֣ו לָקָ֑ו זְעֵ֥יר שָׁ֖ם זְעֵ֥יר שָֽׁם׃

Word for word: (dm) command to command command to command line to line line to line a.little there a.little there

JPS 1917: For it is precept by precept, precept by precept, line by line, line by line; here a little, there a little.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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