Lexicon
קָטֹן
qa.ton
H6994
H:V Hebrew

be small

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Hebrew
Language

qa.ton describes being small in God's sight and, in a causative use, making a measure small.

The dominant attested use describes something as small in God's sight; a separate causative use concerns making the ephah small in a deceitful sale setting.

Senses in use

  1. Being small in God's sight · dominant

    The Qal sequential imperfect forms in 1 Chronicles 17:17 and 2 Samuel 7:19 occur in the statement that what was said to God was small in his sight; the APB renders the clauses "This was a small thing in your sight" and "this seemed small in your eyes." Genesis 32:11 has a Qal perfect first-person singular form, but the supplied APB text does not visibly isolate its contribution within the plea for deliverance from Esau.

  2. Making a measure small · rare

    In Amos 8:5, the Hiphil infinitive construct occurs among the sellers' stated practices with the ephah and false balances; the APB renders the clause "making the ephah small."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the two statements about God's sight as "a small thing" and "seemed small," and Amos 8:5 as "making the ephah small." Its Genesis 32:11 rendering does not visibly represent the term's specific contribution.

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