דהר

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ד־ה־ר (d-h-r)

From the root ד־ה־ר. Compare Arabic دَحَرَ (daḥara, to chase away).

Verb

דָּהַר • (dahár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. To gallop.
    • Tanach, Nahum 3:2, with translation of the New International Version:
      קוֹל שׁוֹט וְקוֹל רַעַשׁ אוֹפָן וְסוּס דֹּהֵר וּמֶרְכָּבָה מְרַקֵּדָה׃
      qol-shot vəqól-rá'ash ofán vəsús dohér umerkavá məraqqedá.
      The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots!

Conjugation

References

  • דָּהַר” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, The New Dictionary), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 207.
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