Lexical Definition

‎מִזְעָר‎ mizʻâr (miz-awr') little ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎זְעֵיר‎

few, [idiom] very.

• fewness
• by implication, as superl. diminutiveness

1) a little, a trifle, a few
1a) a trifle, a little (of time)
1b) a remnant, a very few (of number)

See Greek: ὀλίγος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִזְעָר‎ noun [masculine] a little, a trifle, a few.

1. of time ‎עוֺד מְעַט מִזְעָ֑ר‎ Isa 10:25; Isa 29:17 yet a trifle, a little = a very little while.

2. of number ‎מְעַט מִזְעָר שְׁאָר‎ Isa 16:14 a remnant, a very few (opposed to ‎לוֺא כַּ בִּיר‎). In Isa³ without ‎מעט‎: — ‎מִזְעָֽר ׃ונשׁאר אנושׁ‎ Isa 24:6.

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