See מהיר in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "speed, swiftness",
"roman": "m'hirút",
"translation": "speed, swiftness",
"word": "מְהִירוּת"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "quick-tempered",
"roman": "m'hir khemá",
"translation": "quick-tempered",
"word": "מְהִיר חֵמָה"
}
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"2": "مَاهِر",
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"tr": "māhir"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "A deverbal adjective in the קָטִיל (“qatīl”) pattern, from the root מ־ה־ר, the same root as the verb מָהַר (mahár, “to hasten, to hurry, to be quick”). The pattern typically yields adjectives denoting a characteristic disposition, hence “characterized by swiftness.”\nCognate with Arabic مَاهِر (māhir, “skilled, expert”) and its verb مَهَرَ (mahara, “to be skilled, to be proficient”); compare also reflexes of the root in Akkadian, Classical Syriac and Ge'ez denoting skill or training, and Egyptian mhr (“trained warrior”) (per Brown–Driver–Briggs). The inherited sense of swiftness in action developed into that of practised skill, both senses being attested already in Biblical Hebrew.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "קָטִיל",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "מָהִיר",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "mahír",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "מְהִירָה",
"links": [
[
"מְהִירָה",
"מהירה"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "מְהִירִים",
"links": [
[
"מְהִירִים",
"מהירים"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "מְהִירוֹת",
"links": [
[
"מְהִירוֹת",
"מהירות"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"stemwv": "מְהִיר",
"tr": "mahír",
"wv": "מָהִיר"
},
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"name": "he-adj-auto"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "to hasten",
"roman": "mahár",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"translation": "to hasten",
"word": "מָהַר"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "quickly",
"roman": "mahér",
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"translation": "quickly",
"word": "מַהֵר"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "haste, speed",
"roman": "m'herá",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"translation": "haste, speed",
"word": "מְהֵרָה"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "אִיטִּי"
}
],
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a high-speed train",
"roman": "rakévet m'hirá",
"text": "רַכֶּבֶת מְהִירָה",
"translation": "a high-speed train",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "fast food",
"roman": "mazón mahír",
"text": "מָזוֹן מָהִיר",
"translation": "fast food",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "an expressway, a motorway",
"roman": "k'vish mahír",
"text": "כְּבִישׁ מָהִיר",
"translation": "an expressway, a motorway",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"fast, quick, swift"
],
"id": "en-מהיר-he-adj-XrmHuFPX",
"links": [
[
"fast",
"fast"
],
[
"quick",
"quick"
],
[
"swift",
"swift"
]
],
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{
"word": "זָרִיז"
}
]
},
{
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"name": "Biblical Hebrew",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "2 44 54",
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"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "3 44 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 44 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 55 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטִיל",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
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}
],
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{
"english": "Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings.",
"ref": "Proverbs 22:29, MT",
"roman": "ḥazíta ish mahír bimlakhtó lifnéi m'lakhím yityatsáv",
"text": "חָזִיתָ אִישׁ מָהִיר בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ לִפְנֵי מְלָכִים יִתְיַצָּב",
"translation": "Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings."
},
{
"english": "This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses.",
"ref": "Ezra 7:6, MT",
"roman": "hu ʿezrá ʿalá mibavél v'hu sofér mahír b'torát moshé",
"text": "הוּא עֶזְרָא עָלָה מִבָּבֶל וְהוּא סֹפֵר מָהִיר בְּתוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה",
"translation": "This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses."
},
{
"english": "My tongue is the pen of a skilled writer.",
"ref": "Psalm 45:2 (45:1 in English), MT",
"roman": "l'shoní ʿet sofér mahír",
"text": "לְשׁוֹנִי עֵט סוֹפֵר מָהִיר",
"translation": "My tongue is the pen of a skilled writer."
}
],
"glosses": [
"skilled, skillful, proficient (in a craft or task)"
],
"id": "en-מהיר-he-adj-hUVaPKew",
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"skilled",
"skilled"
],
[
"skillful",
"skillful"
],
[
"proficient",
"proficient"
]
],
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"(Biblical Hebrew) skilled, skillful, proficient (in a craft or task)"
],
"tags": [
"Biblical-Hebrew"
]
},
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"parents": [],
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"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 44 53",
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"name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 44 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 44 56",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "...a judge who seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness.",
"ref": "Isaiah 16:5, MT (construct מְהִר (m'hir))",
"roman": "shofét v'dorésh mishpát um'hír tsédek",
"text": "שֹׁפֵט וְדֹרֵשׁ מִשְׁפָּט וּמְהִר צֶדֶק",
"translation": "...a judge who seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."
}
],
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"prompt, ready, diligent"
],
"id": "en-מהיר-he-adj-xR58hEMW",
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"prompt"
],
[
"ready",
"ready"
],
[
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"diligent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Biblical Hebrew) prompt, ready, diligent"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "חָרוּץ"
}
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/maˈ(h)iʁ/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
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"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
"Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
"Hebrew terms in the pattern קָטִיל",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
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"english": "speed, swiftness",
"roman": "m'hirút",
"translation": "speed, swiftness",
"word": "מְהִירוּת"
},
{
"english": "quick-tempered",
"roman": "m'hir khemá",
"translation": "quick-tempered",
"word": "מְהִיר חֵמָה"
}
],
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"tr": "māhir"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
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"tags": [
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]
},
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "mahír",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "מְהִירָה",
"links": [
[
"מְהִירָה",
"מהירה"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "מְהִירִים",
"links": [
[
"מְהִירִים",
"מהירים"
]
],
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"plural"
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},
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"links": [
[
"מְהִירוֹת",
"מהירות"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
]
}
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"word": "מָהַר"
},
{
"english": "quickly",
"roman": "mahér",
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"adverb"
],
"translation": "quickly",
"word": "מַהֵר"
},
{
"english": "haste, speed",
"roman": "m'herá",
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"noun"
],
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"word": "מְהֵרָה"
}
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{
"word": "אִיטִּי"
}
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{
"english": "a high-speed train",
"roman": "rakévet m'hirá",
"text": "רַכֶּבֶת מְהִירָה",
"translation": "a high-speed train",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "fast food",
"roman": "mazón mahír",
"text": "מָזוֹן מָהִיר",
"translation": "fast food",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "an expressway, a motorway",
"roman": "k'vish mahír",
"text": "כְּבִישׁ מָהִיר",
"translation": "an expressway, a motorway",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"fast, quick, swift"
],
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"fast"
],
[
"quick",
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],
[
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"swift"
]
],
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{
"word": "זָרִיז"
}
]
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{
"english": "Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings.",
"ref": "Proverbs 22:29, MT",
"roman": "ḥazíta ish mahír bimlakhtó lifnéi m'lakhím yityatsáv",
"text": "חָזִיתָ אִישׁ מָהִיר בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ לִפְנֵי מְלָכִים יִתְיַצָּב",
"translation": "Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings."
},
{
"english": "This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses.",
"ref": "Ezra 7:6, MT",
"roman": "hu ʿezrá ʿalá mibavél v'hu sofér mahír b'torát moshé",
"text": "הוּא עֶזְרָא עָלָה מִבָּבֶל וְהוּא סֹפֵר מָהִיר בְּתוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה",
"translation": "This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses."
},
{
"english": "My tongue is the pen of a skilled writer.",
"ref": "Psalm 45:2 (45:1 in English), MT",
"roman": "l'shoní ʿet sofér mahír",
"text": "לְשׁוֹנִי עֵט סוֹפֵר מָהִיר",
"translation": "My tongue is the pen of a skilled writer."
}
],
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"skilled, skillful, proficient (in a craft or task)"
],
"links": [
[
"skilled",
"skilled"
],
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"skillful"
],
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"proficient",
"proficient"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Biblical Hebrew) skilled, skillful, proficient (in a craft or task)"
],
"tags": [
"Biblical-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Biblical Hebrew"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "...a judge who seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness.",
"ref": "Isaiah 16:5, MT (construct מְהִר (m'hir))",
"roman": "shofét v'dorésh mishpát um'hír tsédek",
"text": "שֹׁפֵט וְדֹרֵשׁ מִשְׁפָּט וּמְהִר צֶדֶק",
"translation": "...a judge who seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness."
}
],
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],
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],
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}
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