King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H3365
Transliteration: yaqar
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-kar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be precious, prized or appraised
Meaning: to be heavy, valuable, to make rare
Word Summary
yaqar: to be precious, prized or appraised
Original Word: יָקַרTransliteration: yaqar
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-kar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be precious, prized or appraised
Meaning: to be heavy, valuable, to make rare
Strong's Concordance
be make precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw A primitive root; properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit) -- be (make) precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3365. yaqar
[יָקַר] verb be precious, prized, appraised (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el, Hiph`il; Aramaic יְקַר, , be heavy, precious; Pa`el honour; יַקִּיר, weighty, precious, honoured; compare Assyrian a‡âru, be precious, costly, and derivatives, DlHWB 240; Arabic be heavy, II. honour; dignity; Sabean noun יקר honour DHMZMG 1883, 402) —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular יָָֽקְרָה 1 Samuel 16:21; 2masculine singular יָקַרְתָּ Isaiah 43:4; 1singular יָקַרְתִּי Zechariah 11:13; 3plural יָקְרוּ Psalm 139:17; Imperfect וַיִּיקַר 1 Samuel 18:30; וְיֵקַר Psalm 49:9; וְיֵיקַר 72:14; jussive תִּיקַר(נָֿאׅ 2 Kings 1:13-14, —
1 be precious:
a. = highly valued, esteemed, David's name, מְאֹד שְׁמוֺ וַיִּיקַר 1 Samuel 18:30; of Israel, בְעֵינַי יָקַרְתָּ Isaiah 43:4 (+ אֲהַבְתִּיךָ נִכְבַּדְתָּ,); of God's thoughts רֵעֶיךָ מַהיָָּֽֿקִרוּ וְלִי Psalm 139:17 (Ew Hi Hup render hard, difficult: compare יַקִּירָה Daniel 2:11).
b. especially of life (נֶפֶשׁ), in phrase בְּעֵינֶיךָ נַפְשִׁי יָָֽקִרָה 1 Samuel 26:21, i.e. thou hast spared it; so (jussive) 2 Kings 1:13-14, similarly בְּעֵינָיו דָּמָם יֵיקַר Psalm 72:14 ("" נַפְשָׁס יִגְאַל וּמֵחָמָס מִתּוֺךְ).
c. be costly, נַפְשָׁם מִּדְיוֺן וְיֵקַר Psalm 49:9.
2 be appraised, valued, מֵעֲלֵיהֶם יָקַרְתִּי אֲשֶׁר הַיְקָר אֶדֶר Zechariah 11:13 the magnificence of the price at which I was appraised (and dismissed) from them!
Hiph`il Imperfect1singular מִמָּ֑ז אֱנוֺשׁ אוֺקִיר Isaiah 13:12 I will make men more rare (literally precious) than fine gold. Imperative הֹקַר Proverbs 25:17 make rare (i.e. withhold) thy foot from the house of thy friend.