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Genesis 32:11
“Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קָטֹןqâṭôn · kaw-tone'
H6994 · Hebrew
H6994 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to diminish, i.e. be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account
- Derivation
- a primitive root (rather denominative from H6996 (קָטָן));
- KJV renderings
- be a (make) small (thing), be not worthy.
- Grammar
- קָטֹ֜נְתִּי — verb Qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 4 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Samuel 7:191 Chronicles 17:17Amos 8:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָטֹן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.