Lexical Definition

‎צָעַר‎ tsâʻar (tsaw-ar') be little ^H:V
a primitive root

be brought low, little one, be small.

• to be small, i.e. (figuratively) ignoble

1) to be or grow insignificant, grow small
1a) (Qal) to ge insignificant

See Greek: ἐλαττόω · ὀλίγος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎צָעַר‎] verb be, or grow, insignificant (|| ‎זער‎; Late Hebrew id., Assyrian ƒe—êru, be small, Arabic id.; Syriac be insignificant, despicable; ᵑ7 ‎צְעַר‎ transitivedespise, revile; —

Qal Imperfect (opposed to ‎כָּבֵד‎), 3 masculine plural ‎יִצְעֲרוּ‎ Job 14:21, ‎יִצְעָ֑רוּ‎ Jer 30:19 Participle as substantive ‎הַצֹּעֲרִים‎ Zech 13:7 (i.e. sheep, in figure, compare Now).

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