Lexicon / H4117
מָהַר
ma.har
  • to pay brideprice
  • acquire by paying purchase-price

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to pay brideprice

1) to obtain or acquire by paying purchase price, give a dowry

1a) (Qal) to obtain in exchange

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: acquire by paying purchase-price

Root √מהר: מהר mâru tamirtu, tamartu send missive gift (√ of foll.; cf. prob. As.;, whence, (,), Dl HWB 389f.; v. Nö ZMG xl. 1886, 154).

מָהַר vb. denom acquire by paying purchase-price .