יָקַר
Used: 11 times · Key: 3365 · BDB: יָקַר
Glosses
let.it.be.precious (2); I.was.valued (1); I.will.make.precious (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
be precious tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
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)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «יָקַר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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 —
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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