King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4117
Transliteration: mahar
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-har')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to acquire by paying a purchase price
Meaning: to acquire by paying a purchase price
Word Summary
mahar: to acquire by paying a purchase price
Original Word: מָהַרTransliteration: mahar
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-har')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to acquire by paying a purchase price
Meaning: to acquire by paying a purchase price
Strong's Concordance
endow, surely A primitive root (perhaps rather the same as mahar through the idea of readiness in assent); to bargain (for a wife), i.e. To wed -- endow, X surely.
see HEBREW mahar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4117. mahar
III. [מָהַר]
verb denominative acquire by paying purchase-price (Arabic give a dowry, marry for a ; compare GerberVerb. denominative 12 Buhl SS); —
Qal Perfect3plural מָהָ֑רוּ Psalm 16:4 usually obtain another in exchange (or, by paying a price, compare Che), but text dubious; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix+ Infinitive absolute לְאִשָּׁה לוֺ יִמְהָרֶנָּה מָהֹר Exodus 22:15 (E).
ַמהֲתַלּוֺת see תלל.
I. מו a paragogic syllable, attached to בְּ, כְּ, לְ (q. v.), so as to form with them independent words, בְּמוֺ, כְּמוֺ, לְמוֺ (q. v.) These forms, except sometimes כְּמוֺ, are exclusively poetical. In origin מוֺ is identical with מָה what, Arabic , which is used similarly, pleonastically, with certain prefixes, e.g. , , . See Qor 3:153; 71:25; FlKl. Schr. i. 473f., 479, 558; WAG ii. § 70, Rem. f; SG 126f.; Köii. 250 f.; and compare Ethiopic , Syriac , Sabean בנמו = , DHMZDMG 1883, 396 f., HomChrest. § 18.