מֹ֫הַר

Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.

Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.