diminish 4591 ## ma<at {maw-at'}; a primitive root; properly, to

pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to

make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective): -- suffer to

decrease, {diminish}, (be, X borrow a, give, make) few (in

number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (X give

the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.[ql

diminishing 2275 # hettema {hayt'-tay-mah}; from 2274; a

deterioration, i.e. (objectively) failure or (subjectively) loss:

 -- {diminishing}, fault.[ql

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