אירש

Hebrew

Root
א־ר־שׁ (ʾ-r-sh)
2 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

אירש / אֵרֵשׁ • (erésh) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart אורש / אֹרַשׁ)

  1. to betroth a woman by paying her bride price (מֹהַר)
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 20:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וּמִי־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אֵרַשׂ אִשָּׁה וְלֹא לְקָחָהּ יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב לְבֵיתוֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת בַּמִּלְחָמָה וְאִישׁ אַחֵר יִקָּחֶנָּה׃
      And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her [into his household]? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
    • Tanach, 3:14b, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      תְּנָה אֶת־אִשְׁתִּי אֶת־מִיכַל אֲשֶׁר אֵרַשְׂתִּי לִי בְּמֵאָה עׇרְלוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים׃
      Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

Conjugation

Conjugation of אירש / אֵרֵשׁ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְאָרֵשׁ
action noun אירוש / אֵרוּשׁ
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first אירשתי / אֵרַשְׁתִּי אירשנו / אֵרַשְׁנוּ
second אירשת / אֵרַשְׁתָּ אירשת / אֵרַשְׁתְּ אירשתם / אֵרַשְׁתֶּם אירשתן / אֵרַשְׁתֶּן
third אירש / אֵרֵשׁ אירשה / אֵרְשָׁה אירשו / אֵרְשׁוּ
present מְאָרֵשׁ מְאָרֶשֶׁת מְאָרְשִׁים מְאָרְשׁוֹת
future first אֲאָרֵשׁ נְאָרֵשׁ
second תְּאָרֵשׁ תְּאָרְשִׁי תְּאָרְשׁוּ תְּאָרֵשְׁנָה1
third יְאָרֵשׁ תְּאָרֵשׁ יְאָרְשׁוּ תְּאָרֵשְׁנָה1
imperative אָרֵשׁ אָרְשִׁי אָרְשׁוּ אָרֵשְׁנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Synonyms

  • מָהַר (mahár, “pay the purchase price of a woman”)

References

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