דהר

Hebrew

Etymology

From the root ד־ה־ר‎. Compare Arabic دحر‎ (dáHara, “to chase away”).

Verb

דָּהַר • (dahár) (pa'al construction)

  1. To run and be transported quickly.
    • Nahum 3:2:
      קוֹל שׁוֹט וְקוֹל רַעַשׁ אוֹפָן וְסוּס דֹּהֵר וּמֶרְכָּבָה מְרַקֵּדָה׃‎
      kol-shot v'kól-rá'ash ofán v'sús dohér umerkavá m'rakedá.
      The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.[1]

References
  • “דָּהַר” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) 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.
  1. Bible (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, 1611.
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