מָהַר
mâhar · maw-har'
to bargain (for a wife), i.e. to wed
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H4116 (מָהַר) through the idea of readiness in assent);
to bargain (for a wife), i.e. to wed
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: endow, [idiom] surely.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָהַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with her, he shall surely1 · 50%
- endow1 · 50%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.