מָעַטmâʻaṭ

Meanings

Same root

• מְעַטmᵉʻaṭ · H4592a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
• מָעֹטmâʻôṭ · H4593thinned (as to the edge), i.e. sharp

Where it appears

Appears 22 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 12:4 If a family is too small to eat a whole animal, let them share with another family in the neighborhood. Divide the animal according to the size of each family and how much they can eat.
• Exodus 16:17 So the people of Israel did as they were told. Some gathered a lot, some only a little.
• Exodus 16:18 But when they measured it out, everyone had just enough. Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough. Each family had just what it needed.
• Exodus 30:15 When this offering is given to the Lord to purify your lives, making you right with him, the rich must not give more than the specified amount, and the poor must not give less.
• Leviticus 25:16 The more years until the next jubilee, the higher the price; the fewer years, the lower the price. After all, the person selling the land is actually selling you a certain number of harvests.
• Leviticus 26:22 I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.