מוהר

Hebrew

Root
מ־ה־ר (m-h-r)
7 terms

Etymology

From the same root and of a similar meaning as Arabic مَهْر (mahr).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈmohar/, [ˈmohar]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈmohar/, [ˈmoːhaʀ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈmo(h)aʁ/

Noun

מוהר / מֹהַר • (móhar) m (singular construct מוהר / מֹהַר־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. 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.’

References

• 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