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I. קָטָן adjective small, young, unimportant; — absolute ׳ ק Gen 9:24 +; suffix קְטַנָּם (Köii.l,74) Jer 6:13 +; feminine singular קְטַנָּה Gen 29:16 +; masculine plural קְטַנִּים 2Kgs 18:24 +; construct קְטַנֵּי 1Sam 9:21 (see Dr; We conjectures נִּי -, old construct, cf, HPS), Prov 30:24 feminine plural קְטַנּוֺת Ezek 16:61 +; —
1.
small; especially
a. of children, youth = young, Gen 44:20 (
J
) 2Sam
9:12; 1Kgs 11:17; 2Kgs 2:23; 2Kgs 5:2, of sister Song 8:8 = younger, of two children
(often opposed to גדול), Gen 9:24; Gen 27:15; Gen 27:42 (all
J
), Gen
29:16;
Gen 29:18 (
E
), 1Sam
14:49 (feminine; opposed to הַבְּכִירָה); of younger sister
Judg 15:2, so
(figurative)
Ezek 16:46 and (+ מִן compare) Ezek 16:61 brother 1Chr 24:31
׳
הַקּ
youngest son (of several) 1Sam 16:11; 1Sam 17:14
גָּדוֺל = young and old (see
קָטֹן
1)
Jer 16:6 compare 2Chr 31:15; 2Chr 34:30.
b. of things: utterance Num 22:18 (
E
), weight Deut 25:13; Deut 25:14, vessels 2Chr 36:18, animals Ps 104:25 (all opposed
to גדול); compare also 2Sam 12:3; 1Kgs 2:20; 1Kgs 17:13; 1Kgs 18:44; 2Kgs 4:10; Ezek 43:14 (opposed to
גדול), Prov 30:24; Song 2:15, + probably Ezek 46:22 (see II. [
קָטַר
]); כְּלֵי
הַקָּטָן
Isa 22:24
the vessels of small size (figurative).
2.
small;
a. with added idea of weakness, person 2Kgs 18:24=Isa 36:9, city Eccl 9:14.
b. = insignificant, (I) tribe 1Sam 9:21 (2) person (+גדול; =
all persons) Jer
6:13;
Jer 31:34;
Jonah 3:5; Ps 115:13; Esth 1:5; Esth 1:20, cf . 1Chr 12:14 (van d. H.
v.1Chr 12:13
); (3) in general, יוֺם קְטַנּוֺת
Zech 4:10
day of small things. — See also
קָטֹן.