verb denominative acquire by paying purchase-price (Arabic give a dowry, marry for a ; compare Gerber^{Verb. denominative 12} Buhl SS); —

Qal Perfect3plural מָהָ֑רוּ Psalm 16:4 usually obtain another in exchange (or, by paying a price, compare Che), but text dubious; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix+ Infinitive absolute מָהֹר יִמְהָרֶנָּה לוֺ לְאִשָּׁה Exodus 22:15 (E).

ַ˜מהֲתַלּוֺת see תלל.

I. מו a paragogic syllable, attached to בְּ, כְּ, לְ (q. v.), so as to form with them independent words, בְּמוֺ, כְּמוֺ, לְמוֺ (q. v.) These forms, except sometimes כְּמוֺ, are exclusively poetical. In origin מוֺ is identical with מָה what, Arabic , which is used similarly, pleonastically, with certain prefixes, e.g. , , . See Qor 3:153; 71:25; Fl^{Kl. Schr. i. 473f., 479, 558}; W^{AG ii. § 70, Rem. f; SG 126f.}; Kö^{ii. 250 f.}; and compare Ethiopic , Syriac , Sabean בנמו = , DHM^{ZDMG 1883, 396 f.}, Hom^{Chrest. § 18}.