What does מִזְעָר (mizĕʿār) mean in the Bible?
מִזְעָר (mizĕʿār): Expresses radical scarcity or diminutiveness, often emphasized as superlative smallness in contrast to sufficiency.
Hebrew · H4213
מִזְעָר
Fewness ; by implication, as superlative diminutiveness
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מִזְעָרH4213
Pronunciationmizĕʿār
What does מִזְעָר (mizĕʿār) mean in the Bible?
מִזְעָר (mizĕʿār): Expresses radical scarcity or diminutiveness, often emphasized as superlative smallness in contrast to sufficiency.
Full entry for מִזְעָר (H4213) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How does the BSB render H4213?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (3), time (1).
Where does מִזְעָר (mizĕʿār) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Isaiah 10:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It. . .3×Isaiah 10:25, Isaiah 16:14, Isaiah 24:6
time1×Isaiah 29:17
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Usage map
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First aligned rowIsaiah 10:25
Aligned rows4
Books represented1
Isaiah4
Source forms
מִזְעָ֑ר1xmiz·‘ārIsaiah 10:25
מִזְעָ֖ר1xmiz·‘ārIsaiah 16:14
מִזְעָ֔ר1xmiz·‘ārIsaiah 29:17
מִזְעָֽר׃1xmiz·‘ārIsaiah 24:6
Parsing patterns
Adverb4xIsaiah 10:25, Isaiah 16:14, Isaiah 24:6, Isaiah 29:17
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Expresses radical scarcity or diminutiveness, often emphasized as superlative smallness in contrast to sufficiency.
Source Gloss
fewness ; by implication, as superlative diminutiveness
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Expresses radical scarcity or diminutiveness, often emphasized as superlative smallness in contrast to sufficiency.
fewness; by implication, as superlative diminutiveness BDB: a little Usage: few, × very.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מִזְעָר is built from this root:
זְעֵירH2191