Lexical 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. |
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