מוהר
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the same root and of a similar meaning as Arabic مَهْر (mahr).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈmohar/, [ˈmohar]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈmohar/, [ˈmoːhaʀ]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈmo(h)aʁ/
Noun
[edit]מוהר / מֹהַר • (móhar) m (singular construct מוהר / מֹהַר־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]
- Bride price, the money paid to the brides' parents to acquire her.
- Tanach, Genesis 34:12, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- הַרְבּוּ עָלַי מְאֹד מֹהַר וּמַתָּן וְאֶתְּנָה
- Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give.
- Tanach, Exodus 22:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- אִם־מָאֵן יְמָאֵן אָבִיהָ לְתִתָּהּ לוֹ כֶּסֶף יִשְׁקֹל כְּמֹהַר הַבְּתוּלֹת׃
- If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
- Tanach, 1 Samuel 18:25, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל כֹּה־תֹאמְרוּ לְדָוִד אֵין־חֵפֶץ לַמֶּלֶךְ בְּמֹהַר כִּי בְּמֵאָה עָרְלוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים לְהִנָּקֵם בְּאֹיְבֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ
- And Saul said: ‘Thus shall ye say to David: The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’
Declension
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | מוהר / מֹהַר | first | מוהרי / מׇהֳרִי | מוהרנו / מׇהֳרֵנוּ | ||
| definite | המוהר / הַמֹּהַר | second | מוהרך / מׇהָרְךָ | מוהרך / מׇהֳרֵךְ | מוהרכם / מׇהָרְכֶם | מוהרכן / מׇהָרְכֶן | |
| construct | מוהר־ / מֹהַר־ | third | מוהרו / מׇהֳרוֹ | מוהרה / מׇהֳרָהּ | מוהרם / מׇהֳרָם | מוהרן / מׇהֳרָן | |
References
[edit]- H4119 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987), “מֹהַר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 322c
- "מוהר" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]
מוהר on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
