יָקַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3365

be precious — used 11 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

be precious tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָקַר: vb. be precious, prized, appraised tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be precious, prized, appraised (NH id., Pi., Hiph.; Aramaic יְקַר, ܝܺܩܰܪ, be heavy, precious; Pa. honour; יַקִּיר, ܝܰܩܺܝܪ weighty, precious, honoured; cf. Assyrian aḳâru, be precious, costly, and deriv., DlHWB240; Arabic وَقَرَ be heavy, ii. honour; وَقَارٌ dignity; Sab. n. וקר honour DHMZMG 1883, 402)— Pf. 3 fs. יָקְֽרָה 1 S 26:21; 2 ms. יָקַרְתָּ Is 43:4; 1 s. יָקַרְתִּי Zc 11:13; 3 pl. יָקְֽרוּ ψ 139:17; Impf. וַיִּיקַר 1 S 18:30; וְיֵקַר ψ 49:9; וְיֵיקַר 72:14; juss. תִּיקַר(־נָא) 2 K 1:13, 14;— be precious: = highly valued, esteemed, David’s name, וַיִּיקַר שְׁמוֹ מְאֹד 1 S 18:30; of Israel, יָקַרְתָּ בְעֵינַי Is 43:4 (+ נִכְבַּדְתָּ, אֲהַבְתִּיךָ); of God’s thoughts וְלִי מַה־יָּֽקִרוּ רֵעֶיךָ ψ 139:17 (Ew Hi Hup render hard, difficult: cf. יַקִּירָה Dn 2:11). especially of life (נֶפֶשׁ), in phr. יָֽקִרָה נַפְשִׁי בְּעֵינֶיךָ 1 S 26:21, i. e. thou hast spared it; so (juss.) 2 K 1:13, 14; similarly יֵיקַר דָּמָם בְּעֵינָיו ψ 72:14 (‖ מִתּוֹךְ וּמֵחָמָס יִגְאַל נַפְשָׁם). be costly, וְיֵקַר פִּדְיוֹן נַפְשָׁם ψ 49:9. be appraised, valued, אֶדֶר הַיְקָר אֲשֶׁר יָקַרְתִּי מֵעֲלֵיהֶם Zc 11:13 the magnificence of the price at which I was appraised (and dismissed) from them! Impf. 1 s. אוֹקִיר אֱנוֹשׁ מִפָּ֑ז Is 13:12 I will make men more rare (lit. precious) than fine gold. Imv. הֹקַר Pr 25:17 make rare (i. e. withhold) thy foot from the house of thy friend.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: let it be precious (2); I was valued (1); I will make precious (1).

In the verses

Psalms 49:9 · tree →

וְ֭יֵקַר פִּדְי֥וֹן נַפְשָׁ֗ם וְחָדַ֥ל לְעוֹלָֽם׃

Word for word: and it.is.precious the.ransom their.life their and he.will.cease forever of.perpetuity

JPS 1917: For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever —

Isaiah 13:12 · tree →

אוֹקִ֥יר אֱנ֖וֹשׁ מִפָּ֑ז וְאָדָ֖ם מִכֶּ֥תֶם אוֹפִֽיר׃

Word for word: I.will.make.precious humankind more than.pure.gold and humankind more than.(the).gold of.Ophir

JPS 1917: I will make man more rare than fine gold, even man than the pure gold of Ophir.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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