reff.; Aramaic מֹוהֲרָא , ܡܰܗܪܳܐ ( mahro ) ) ;— abs. מ׳ Gn 34:12 ( J ; || מַתָּן ) 1 S 18:25 ; cstr. הַבְּתוּלֹת מֹהַר Ex 22:16 ( E ).
• III. [ מָהַר S 4116, 4117 TWOT 1152, 1153 GK 4554, 4555 ] vb. denom. acquire by paying purchase-price ( Arabic مَﻩَرَ ( mahara ) give a dowry , marry for a مَﻩْرٌ ( mahrun ); cf. Gerber Verb. denom. 12 Buhl SS ) ;— Qal Pf. 3 pl. מָהָ˜רוּ ψ 16:4 usually obtain another in exchange (or, by paying a price, cf. Ch e), but text dub. ; Impf. 3 ms. sf. + Inf. abs. מָהֹר יִמְהָרֶנָּה לֹו לְאִשָּׁה Ex 22:15 ( E ).
מו
TWOT
1154
a paragogic syllable, attached to
בְּ
, ךְּ
, לְ
(
q.v.
), so as to form with them independent words,
בְּמֹו
,
כְּמֹו
,
לְמֹו
(
q.v.
) These forms, except sometimes
כְּמֹו
, are exclusively poetical. In origin
מֹו
is identical with
מָה
what
, Arabic
مَا
(
mā
), which is used similarly, pleonastically, with certain prefixes, e.g.
بِمَا
,
كَمَا
,
عَمَّا
(
bimā, kamā, ˓ammā
). See
Qor
3:153; 71:25;
Fl
Kl.Schr. i. 473 f., 479, 558
;
W
AG ii. § 70, Rem.
f
; SG 126f.
;
Kö
ii
. 250 f.
; and
cf.
Ethiopic
˜˜
(
kama
), Syriac
ܐܰܟܡܳܐ
(
˒akmo
),
Sab.
בנמו
=
مِمَّا
(
mimmā
),
DHM
ZDMG 1883, 396 f.
,
Hom
Chrest. § 18.
II
. [
מֹו
] = מַי
water
.
מֹואָב
S
4124
TWOT
1155
GK
4565, 4566
,
מֹאָב
180
n.pr.
gent.
et terr.
Moab
(
MI 1, 2, 5, 6, 12, 20
מאב
; Assyrian
Ma˒aba, Ma˒bu, Mu˒âba
, etc.,
Schr
COT Gloss
., and on Gn 19, 37
Dl
Par
. 294 f., 296
;—on etym.
cf.
Lag
BN 90 Anm., Ne
SK 1892, 573
,
Gray
Prop. N. 25)
;—
מו׳
Gn 19:37
+
178 times;
מֹאָב
2 S 8:1
2;
Ö
Μωαβ
;—
1.
Moab
as son of Lot by his elder daughter according to
Gn 19:37
.
2.
Moab:
a.
=
nation of which Lot’s son is represented as ancestor
Gn 19:37 Nu 21:2
9;
22:3
(×2) Am 2:
1,
2 Je 48:
1,
2
+
30
RS W. Robertson Smith, Kinship & Marriage in Early Arabia; Sta B. Stade, Geschichte des Volkes Israel.
Gerber
W.T. Gerber,
Verba Denomitnativa
.
SS
C. Siegfried u. B. Stade,
Hebräisches Wörterbuch.
Fl
H. L. Fleischer, Kleine Schriften
Hom
F. Hommel,
Südaraische Chrestomathie
.
SK Studien u. Kritiken . Gray G. B. Grau, Hebrew Proper Names.
מַֽהֲתַלֹּות v. תלל .
I .