Word Summary
yaqqir: very precious, dear
Original Word: יַקִּירTransliteration: yaqqir
Phonetic Spelling: (yak-keer')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: very precious, dear
Meaning: very precious, dear
Strong's Concordance
dear
From yaqar; precious -- dear.
see HEBREW yaqar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3357. yaqqir
יַקִּיר adjective intransitive very precious, dear; only אֶפְרַיִם לִי יַקִּיר הֲבֵן Jeremiah 31:20 is Ephraim a very precious son unto me ? ("" שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים יֶלֶד).