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Hebrew
Etymology
From the root מ־ח־ר (m-ḥ-r).
Noun
מְחִיר • (mekhír) m (plural indefinite מְחִירִים)
- A (good or service's) price, cost.
- מחירו של המעיל היה מאה שקלים בחורף, אבל עכשיו בקיץ המחיר הוא חמישים שקלים בלבד.
- mekhiró shel hame'íl hayá méa sh'kalím bakhóref, avál akhsháv bakáyitz hamekhír hu khamishím sh'khalím bil'vád.
- The price (literally its price) of the coat was a hundred shekels in the winter, but now in the summer the price is only fifty shekels.
- האם המחירים כאן נקובים בשקלים או בדולרים?
- ha'ím hamekhirím kan n'kuvím bish'kalím o b'dolárim?
- Are the prices here given in shekels or in dollars?
- (by extension) A price, a cost: an undesired consequence.
- המלחמה גבתה מחיר כבד בחיי אדם.
- hamilkhamá gavtá mekhír kavéd b'khayéi adám.
- The war took a heavy toll of human lives.
- שאיבת מים מהכינרת מאפשרת חקלאות מפותחת, אולם במחיר פגיעה בים המלח.
- sh'ivát máyim meihakinéret m'afshéret khakla'út m'futákhat, ulám b'-mekhír p'gi'á b'yám hamélakh.
- Drawing water from the Sea of Galilee makes developed agriculture possible, but at the cost of damage to the Dead Sea.
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