Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Dear Pere,

 

Can you define the difference between "small" and "little"?

 

Yigal Levin

 

From: Pere Porta [mailto:pporta7 AT gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 8:51 AM
To: Yigal Levin
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Do they mean the same?

 

In Gn 30:30 we have M(+, little (adjective singular, male)

In Gn 44:20 we have Q+N, small (adjective singular, male)

 

I'm looking for the contact points and the differences between the meaning
of these two adjectives. 

 

M(+ is also used as an adverb, I know (cf Ps 8:6). But now and here my
interest is not on M(+ as an adverb. 

 

My question is: in which aspect or sense they are the same thing (as regards
their true and real meaning) and in which aspect or sense they are
different?

 

 

-- 
Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

 

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