TBESH · H6810
צָעִיר · tsa.ir · little
1) little, insignificant, young 1a) little, insignificant 1b) insignificant, mean 1c) young, younger, youngest
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צָעִיר (tsa.ir) means “little” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: tsaw-eer' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
צָעִיר · tsa.ir · little
1) little, insignificant, young 1a) little, insignificant 1b) insignificant, mean 1c) young, younger, youngest
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or צָעוֹר; from H6819 (צָעַר); little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
KJV glosses: least, little (one), small (one), [phrase] young(-er, -est).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the younger | 4 |
| the little ones | 2 |
| am lowly | 1 |
| am the youngest | 1 |
| am young | 1 |
| and the smallest | 1 |
| and the younger daughter | 1 |
| at the cost of his youngest | 1 |
| her little | 1 |
| his youngest | 1 |
| little | 1 |
| men younger | 1 |
| small | 1 |
| the least | 1 |
| the younger daughter | 1 |
| the youngest | 1 |
| their servants | 1 |
| to give the younger daughter | 1 |
| to the youngest | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the younger | 3 |
| surely the least | 2 |
| the least | 2 |
| unto the younger | 2 |
| also and the younger | 1 |
| and a small one | 1 |
| and in his youngest | 1 |
| and the younger | 1 |
| and the youngest | 1 |
| her little ones | 1 |
| little | 1 |
| small | 1 |
| their little ones | 1 |
| thereof in his youngest | 1 |
| thou be little | 1 |
| young | 1 |
| younger | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 23 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
Read word by wordThe next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
Read word by wordSo again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
Read word by wordThe younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
Read word by wordand He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
Read word by wordLaban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
Read word by wordThey were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
Read word by wordBut Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
Read word by wordAt that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
Read word by word“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
Read word by wordSaul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
Read word by wordIn Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
Read word by word“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
Read word by wordSo Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
Read word by wordThere is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.28
I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
Read word by wordThe least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.
Read word by wordThe nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
Read word by wordMoab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.
Read word by wordTherefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
Read word by wordTherefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
Read word by wordFrom one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.
Read word by wordBut you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.1
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