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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צָעִירH6810
Pronunciationṣāʿiyr
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 Itthe younger4×Genesis 19:31, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 48:14
the little ones2×Jeremiah 49:20, Jeremiah 50:45
am lowly1×Psalms 119:141
am the youngest1×Judges 6:15
am young1×Job 32:6
and the smallest1×Isaiah 60:22
and the younger [daughter]1×Genesis 19:35
at the cost of his youngest1×Joshua 6:26
her little1×Jeremiah 48:4
his youngest1×1 Kings 16:34
little1×Daniel 8:9
men younger1×Job 30:1
small1×Micah 5:2
the least1×1 Samuel 9:21
The younger [daughter]1×Genesis 19:38
the youngest1×Psalms 68:27
their servants1×Jeremiah 14:3
to give the younger daughter1×Genesis 29:26
to the youngest1×Genesis 43:33
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 19:31הַצְּעִירָ֖הtothe youngerArticle | Adjective - feminine singularGenesis 19:34הַצְּעִירָ֔הtothe youngerArticle | Adjective - feminine singularGenesis 19:35הַצְּעִירָה֙toand the younger [daughter]Article | Adjective - feminine singularGenesis 19:38וְהַצְּעִירָ֤הtoThe younger [daughter]Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - feminine singularGenesis 25:23צָעִֽיר׃tothe youngerAdjective - masculine singularGenesis 29:26הַצְּעִירָ֖הtoto give the younger daughterArticle | Adjective - feminine singularGenesis 43:33וְהַצָּעִ֖ירtoto the youngestConjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singularGenesis 48:14הַצָּעִ֔ירtothe youngerArticle | Adjective - masculine singularJoshua 6:26וּבִצְעִיר֖וֹtoat the cost of his youngestConjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularJudges 6:15הַצָּעִ֖ירtoam the youngestArticle | Adjective - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowGenesis 19:31
Aligned rows23
Books represented11
Genesis8Joshua1Judges11 Samuel11 Kings1Job2Psalms2Isaiah1Jeremiah4Daniel1Micah1
Source forms
הַצְּעִירָ֖ה2xhaṣ·ṣə·‘î·rāhGenesis 19:31, Genesis 29:26
וְהַצָּעִ֖יר2xwə·haṣ·ṣā·‘îrGenesis 43:33, Isaiah 60:22
צְעִירֵ֣י2xṣə·‘î·rêJeremiah 49:20, Jeremiah 50:45
הַצָּעִ֔יר1xhaṣ·ṣā·‘îrGenesis 48:14
הַצָּעִ֖יר1xhaṣ·ṣā·‘îrJudges 6:15
הַצְּעִירָ֔ה1xhaṣ·ṣə·‘î·rāhGenesis 19:34
הַצְּעִירָה֙1xhaṣ·ṣə·‘î·rāhGenesis 19:35
הַצְּעִרָ֔ה1xhaṣ·ṣə·‘i·rāh1 Samuel 9:21
Parsing patterns
Adjective - masculine singular5xGenesis 25:23, Job 32:6, Psalms 68:27, Psalms 119:141
Article | Adjective - feminine singular5xGenesis 19:31, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 19:35, Genesis 29:26
Adjective - masculine plural construct2xJeremiah 49:20, Jeremiah 50:45
Article | Adjective - masculine singular2xGenesis 48:14, Judges 6:15
Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular2xGenesis 43:33, Isaiah 60:22
Adjective - masculine plural1xJob 30:1
Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular1xJeremiah 48:4
Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural1xJeremiah 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 definitionSource: 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
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