מהר

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mer"

Aramaic

Verb

מהר • (transliteration needed)

1. to learn, to excel, to be practiced

Hebrew

Root
מ־ה־ר (m-h-r)
7 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maˈ(h)eʁ/

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Adverb

מַהֵר • (mahér)

1. Quickly, rapidly, fast.

Synonyms

• (quickly): במהירות (bim'hirút)
• חִישׁ (khish)

Derived terms

• חִישׁ מַהֵר (khish mahér)

Verb

מִהֵר • (mihér) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of מיהר

Etymology 2

Denominative from מוהר, cognate to Arabic مَهَرَ (mahara).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maːˈhar/, [maːˈhar]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mɔˈhar/, [mɔːˈhaːʀ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maˈ(h)aʁ/

Verb

מָהַר • (mahár) (pa'al construction, future יִמְהַר, passive participle מָהוּר, passive counterpart נִמְהַר)

1. To acquire a wife by paying her purchase price.
   • Tanach, Exodus 22:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְכִי־יְפַתֶּה אִישׁ בְּתוּלָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־אֹרָשָׂה וְשָׁכַב עִמָּהּ מָהֹר יִמְהָרֶנָּה לּוֹ לְאִשָּׁה׃

     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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of מָהַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		למהור / לִמְהֹר
		action noun		מְהִירָה
		passive participle		מָהוּר
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	מָהַרְתִּי		מָהַרְנוּ
	second	מָהַרְתָּ	מָהַרְתְּ	מְהַרְתֶּם1	מְהַרְתֶּן1
	third	מָהַר	מָהֲרָה	מָהֲרוּ
present		מוֹהֵר	מוֹהֶרֶת	מוֹהֲרִים	מוֹהֲרוֹת
future	first	אֶמְהַר		נִמְהַר
	second	תִּמְהַר	תִּמְהֲרִי	תִּמְהֲרוּ	תִּמְהַרְנָה2
	third	יִמְהַר	תִּמְהַר	יִמְהֲרוּ	תִּמְהַרְנָה2
imperative		מְהַר	מַהֲרִי	מַהֲרוּ	מְהַרְנָה2

¹ Pronounced מָהַרְתֶּם and מָהַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H4117 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “מָהַר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 322c

Noun

מֹהַר • (móhar) m

1. defective spelling of מוהר

Anagrams

• מרה