מֹ֣הַר
𐤌𐤄𐤓
môhar
bride price
A marriage gift or bride-price paid by the prospective husband or his family to the family of the bride as part of the marital agreement; the term consistently denotes the transfer of valuables (frequently silver or other forms of wealth) serving as legal consideration for the marriage contract. Semantic range includes the material gift or payment itself and (rarely) the act of delivering this gift.
Genesis 34:12 · Word #4
Lexicon H4119
| Lemma | מֹהַר |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤌𐤄𐤓 |
| Transliteration | môhar |
| Strong's | H4119 |
| Definition | A marriage gift or bride-price paid by the prospective husband or his family to the family of the bride as part of the marital agreement; the term consistently denotes the transfer of valuables (frequently silver or other forms of wealth) serving as legal consideration for the marriage contract. Semantic range includes the material gift or payment itself and (rarely) the act of delivering this gift. |
Morphology HNcmsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | bride price |
SIBI-P1 Translation H4119-03
bride-price
| Morphological Notes | Noun, masculine singular, absolute state. |
| Rendering Rationale | "Bride-price" directly reflects the technical legal sense of מֹהַר as the tangible marriage payment given to acquire a wife by formal endowment. The singular masculine absolute noun denotes the specific required payment itself. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
the bride-price
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Added 'the' to indicate the definite bride-price being negotiated as per the syntax and context; specificity is appropriate here. |