There was a little
qatan (kaw-tawn')
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
city
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
and few
m`at (meh-at')
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) -- almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, very.
men
'enowsh (en-oshe')
a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word.
within it and there came
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
a great
gadowl (gaw-dole')
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
against it and besieged
cabab (saw-bab')
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
it and built
banah (baw-naw')
to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.
great
gadowl (gaw-dole')
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
bulwarks
matsowd (maw-tsode')
a net (for capturing animals or fishes) -- also a fastness or (beseiging) tower -- bulwark, hold, munition, net, snare.
against it
