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Isaiah 63:18
“The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מִצְעָרmitsʻâr · mits-awr'
H4705 · Hebrew
H4705 · Hebrew
- Definition
- petty (in size or number); adverbially, a short (time)
- Derivation
- from H6819 (צָעַר);
- KJV renderings
- little one (while), small.
- Grammar
- לַ — preposition with definite article
- מִּצְעָ֕ר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:20Genesis 19:202 Chronicles 24:24Job 8:7
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 מִצְעָר 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.