H4117. mahar
III. [מָהַר]
verb denominative acquire by paying purchase-price (Arabic give a dowry, marry for a ; compare GerberVerb. denominative 12 Buhl SS); —
Qal Perfect3plural מָהָ֑רוּ [Psa 16:4] usually obtain another in exchange (or, by paying a price, compare Che), but text dubious; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix+ Infinitive absolute לְאִשָּׁה לוֺ יִמְהָרֶנָּה מָהֹר [Exod 22:15] (E).
ַמהֲתַלּוֺת see תלל.
I. מו a paragogic syllable, attached to בְּ, כְּ, לְ (q. v.), so as to form with them independent words, בְּמוֺ, כְּמוֺ, לְמוֺ (q. v.) These forms, except sometimes כְּמוֺ, are exclusively poetical. In origin מוֺ is identical with מָה what, Arabic , which is used similarly, pleonastically, with certain prefixes, e.g. , , . See Qor 3:153; 71:25; FlKl. Schr. i. 473f., 479, 558; WAG ii. § 70, Rem. f; SG 126f.; Köii. 250 f.; and compare Ethiopic , Syriac , Sabean בנמו = , DHMZDMG 1883, 396 f., HomChrest. § 18.