זְעֵיר

«זְעֵיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: a little — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 5 times · Key: 2191 · BDB: זְעֵיר

Glosses

a.little (5)

Meaning (OSHB)

a little tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

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)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «זְעֵיר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 36:2

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

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.

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