What does צָעִיר (ṣāʿiyr) mean in the Bible?
צָעִיר (ṣāʿiyr): Scales downward across dimensions: size, quantity, age, and social rank or importance.
Hebrew · H6810
צָעִיר
Little ; (in number) few ; (in age) young , (in value) ignoble
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צָעִיר H6810
Pronunciation ṣāʿiyr
What does צָעִיר (ṣāʿiyr) mean in the Bible?
צָעִיר (ṣāʿiyr): Scales downward across dimensions: size, quantity, age, and social rank or importance.
Full entry for צָעִיר (H6810) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6810?
The BSB source-word alignment has 23 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the younger (4), the little ones (2), am lowly (1), am the youngest (1), am young (1).
Where does צָעִיר (ṣāʿiyr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 19:31. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (8), Jeremiah (4), Job (2), Psalms (2).
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 the younger 4× Genesis 19:31, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 48:14
the little ones 2× Jeremiah 49:20, Jeremiah 50:45
am lowly 1× Psalms 119:141
am the youngest 1× Judges 6:15
am young 1× Job 32:6
and the smallest 1× Isaiah 60:22
and the younger [daughter] 1× Genesis 19:35
at the cost of his youngest 1× Joshua 6:26
her little 1× Jeremiah 48:4
his youngest 1× 1 Kings 16:34
little 1× Daniel 8:9
men younger 1× Job 30:1
small 1× Micah 5:2
the least 1× 1 Samuel 9:21
The younger [daughter] 1× Genesis 19:38
the youngest 1× Psalms 68:27
their servants 1× Jeremiah 14:3
to give the younger daughter 1× Genesis 29:26
to the youngest 1× Genesis 43:33
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 19:31 הַצְּעִירָ֖ה to the younger Article | Adjective - feminine singular Genesis 19:34 הַצְּעִירָ֔ה to the younger Article | Adjective - feminine singular Genesis 19:35 הַצְּעִירָה֙ to and the younger [daughter] Article | Adjective - feminine singular Genesis 19:38 וְהַצְּעִירָ֤ה to The younger [daughter] Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - feminine singular Genesis 25:23 צָעִֽיר׃ to the younger Adjective - masculine singular Genesis 29:26 הַצְּעִירָ֖ה to to give the younger daughter Article | Adjective - feminine singular Genesis 43:33 וְהַצָּעִ֖יר to to the youngest Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Genesis 48:14 הַצָּעִ֔יר to the younger Article | Adjective - masculine singular Joshua 6:26 וּבִצְעִיר֖וֹ to at the cost of his youngest Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Judges 6:15 הַצָּעִ֖יר to am the youngest Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 19:31
Aligned rows 23
Books represented 11
Genesis 8 Joshua 1 Judges 1 1 Samuel 1 1 Kings 1 Job 2 Psalms 2 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 4 Daniel 1 Micah 1
Source forms
הַצְּעִירָ֖ה 2x haṣ·ṣə·‘î·rāh Genesis 19:31, Genesis 29:26
וְהַצָּעִ֖יר 2x wə·haṣ·ṣā·‘îr Genesis 43:33, Isaiah 60:22
צְעִירֵ֣י 2x ṣə·‘î·rê Jeremiah 49:20, Jeremiah 50:45
הַצָּעִ֔יר 1x haṣ·ṣā·‘îr Genesis 48:14
הַצָּעִ֖יר 1x haṣ·ṣā·‘îr Judges 6:15
הַצְּעִירָ֔ה 1x haṣ·ṣə·‘î·rāh Genesis 19:34
הַצְּעִירָה֙ 1x haṣ·ṣə·‘î·rāh Genesis 19:35
הַצְּעִרָ֔ה 1x haṣ·ṣə·‘i·rāh 1 Samuel 9:21
Parsing patterns
Adjective - masculine singular 5x Genesis 25:23, Job 32:6, Psalms 68:27, Psalms 119:141
Article | Adjective - feminine singular 5x Genesis 19:31, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 19:35, Genesis 29:26
Adjective - masculine plural construct 2x Jeremiah 49:20, Jeremiah 50:45
Article | Adjective - masculine singular 2x Genesis 48:14, Judges 6:15
Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular 2x Genesis 43:33, Isaiah 60:22
Adjective - masculine plural 1x Job 30:1
Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular 1x Jeremiah 48:4
Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural 1x Jeremiah 14:3
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Scales downward across dimensions: size, quantity, age, and social rank or importance.
Source Gloss
little ; (in number) few ; (in age) young , (in value) ignoble
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Scales downward across dimensions: size, quantity, age, and social rank or importance.
little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble BDB: little Usage: least, little (one), small (one), young(-er, -est).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
צָעִיר is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain