Exodus 22:16:8Exod.22.16.W8TABWLC Exodus 22:15
מָהֹ֥ר
mahor
“bride-price”
- Transliteration
- ma-HOR
- Extended
- mah-HOHR
- IPA
- /ma.ˈhoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- bride-price
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-HOR
- phraseyour reading level
ma-HOR yim-ha-REN-na
- clause
ma-HOR yim-ha-REN-na LO le-ish-SHAH
- sentence
ve-khi-ye-fat-TEH EESH be-too-LAH ah-SHER lo-oh-RA-sah ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH ma-HOR yim-ha-REN-na LO le-ish-SHAH
Exegesis
The Vav-consecutive perfect veshakhav {וְשָׁכַב | wə-šā-ḵaḇ} shifts to the act of sexual union, followed by the jussive Piel imperfect with energic nun in yimharennah {יִמְהָרֶנָּה | yĭmhā-rĕn-nāh}, expressing an obligational result.
Root and etymology
מ-ה-רm-h-r
“marriage payment”
In context — Exodus 22:16
And if a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he must surely pay the bride-price and she shall be his wife.
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 22:16, so the Hebrew word מָהֹ֥ר (mahor) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.22.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.16.W8.S1) and character.