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Psalms 107:39

“Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מָעַטmâʻaṭ · maw-at'
H4591 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, [idiom] borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, ([idiom] give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּמְעֲט֥וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp
Usage: Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 12:4 Exodus 16:17 Exodus 16:18 Exodus 30:15 Leviticus 25:16

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 מָעַט here.

Verse 38 Verse 40

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.