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title: מָהַר — acquire by paying purchase-price · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָהַר (4117), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: acquire by paying purchase-price. BDB 1906: vb. denom. acquire by paying purchase-price. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָהַר

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«מָהַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **acquire by paying purchase-price** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 4117 · **BDB:** מָהַר²

### Glosses

certainly.(pay.the.bride-price) (1); he (1); they.have.acquired (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

acquire by paying purchase-price [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4117/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. acquire by paying purchase-price [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4117/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. acquire by paying purchase-price (Arabic مَهَرَ give a dowry, marry for a مَهْرٌ; cf. GerberVerb. denom. 12 Buhl SS);— Pf. 3 pl. מָהָ֑רוּ ψ 16:4 usually obtain another in exchange (or, by paying a price, cf. Che), but text dub.; Impf. 3 ms. sf. + Inf. abs. מָהֹר יִמְהָרֶנָּה לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה Ex 22:15 (E).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָהַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4117/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 22:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.15/)

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וְכִֽי־יְפַתֶּ֣ה אִ֗ישׁ בְּתוּלָ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־אֹרָ֖שָׂה וְשָׁכַ֣ב עִמָּ֑הּ מָהֹ֛ר יִמְהָרֶ֥נָּה לּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and (dm) he.will.seduce a.man a.virgin who not she.was.betrothed and he.will.lie with her certainly.(pay.the.bride-price) he will.pay.the.bride-price.for.her for himself to a.wife

*JPS 1917:* And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

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[Psalms 16:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.16.4/)

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יִרְבּ֥וּ עַצְּבוֹתָם֮ אַחֵ֪ר מָ֫הָ֥רוּ בַּל־אַסִּ֣יךְ נִסְכֵּיהֶ֣ם מִדָּ֑ם וּֽבַל־אֶשָּׂ֥א אֶת־שְׁ֝מוֹתָ֗ם עַל־שְׂפָתָֽי׃

*Word for word:* they.will.increase sorrows their another.\[god\] they.have.acquired not I.will.pour.out offerings their.drink from blood and not I.will.take (et) names their on lips my

*JPS 1917:* Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips.

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