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title: מֹהַר — purchase-price · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹהַר (4119), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: purchase-price. BDB 1906: n.m. purchase-price. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹהַר

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«מֹהַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 4119 · **BDB:** מֹ֫הַר

### Glosses

a.bride-price (1); bride-price (1); to.the.bride-price (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

purchase-price [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4119/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. purchase-price [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4119/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. purchase-price of wife (NH id.; Arabic مَهْرٌ RSK 78 f. Proph. iv. n. 13 Nö l.c. StaGesch. i. 381 Dr Dt 22:23 and reff.; Aramaic מוֹהֲרָא, ܡܰܗܪܳܐ );—abs. מ׳ Gn 34:12 (J; ‖ מַתָּן) 1 S 18:25; cstr. מֹהַר הַבְּתוּלֹת Ex 22:16 (E).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹהַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4119/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 22:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.16/)

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אִם־מָאֵ֧ן יְמָאֵ֛ן אָבִ֖יהָ לְתִתָּ֣הּ ל֑וֹ כֶּ֣סֶף יִשְׁקֹ֔ל כְּמֹ֖הַר הַבְּתוּלֹֽת׃ס

*Word for word:* if absolutely.(refuse) he.will.refuse father her to give her to him silver he.will.weigh.out according to.the.bride-price of.(the) virgins

*JPS 1917:* If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

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[Genesis 34:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.12/)

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הַרְבּ֨וּ עָלַ֤י מְאֹד֙ מֹ֣הַר וּמַתָּ֔ן וְאֶ֨תְּנָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר תֹּאמְר֖וּ אֵלָ֑י וּתְנוּ־לִ֥י אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* increase on me exceedingly a.bride-price and a.gift and I.will.give.\[it\] just as you.will.say to me and give to me (et) the girl to a.wife

*JPS 1917:* Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.'

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