be little
tsa.ar denotes being few, small, or brought low in the supplied biblical contexts.
The attested use concerns being few, small, or reduced: Jeremiah 30:19 contrasts multiplication and honor with not being few or small, while Zechariah 13:7 names “the little ones” after the flock is scattered; Job 14:21 places the form in a clause the APB renders “they are brought low.”
Senses in use
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Being few, small, or reduced · dominant
In Jeremiah 30:19, the Qal imperfect plural form occurs where multiplication is followed by “they shall not be few” and honor by “they shall not be small” in the APB. In Job 14:21, the same morphology stands in the clause the APB renders “they are brought low,” and in Zechariah 13:7 the active participle plural occurs after the shepherd is struck and the flock scattered, where the APB refers to “the little ones.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the contexts with “few,” “small,” “brought low,” and “the little ones.” These renderings indicate the clauses' presentation rather than assigning each English expression precisely to the term.