כמעט

From כְּ־‎ (k'-, “like, as”) + מְעַט‎ (m'át, “few, little”).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kimˈ(ʔ)at/

כִּמְעַט • (kim'át)

1. almost
   • 2009, “שיר הנוצות (shir hanotsót, “song of the feathers”)”, performed by Rona Kenan:

     ‏אורות ערפל בלילה ארוך שכמעט ונגמר באסון.‎‎

     orot arafel b'layla arokh shekim'at v'nigmar b'ason

     Foggy lights in a long night that almost ended up in a tragedy.

   • 2014 May 19, “כמעט שהתרגלתי (kim'at shehitragalti, “[It's] almost that I've got used to [it]”)”, performed by Rotem Cohen:

     ‏כמעט שהתרגלתי לעשות את הדברים בזמן שלי, ורק אם בא לי.‎‎

     kim'at shehitragalti la'asot et had'varim bazman sheli v'rak im ba li

     [It's] almost that I've got used to doing the things in my time, and only if I feel like it.