Strong's Lexicon: H3365 יָקַר

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3365
Word:	יָקַר
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	11
Transliteration:	yaqar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yaw-kar'
Meaning:	1. (properly) apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable 2. causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit)
KJV Renderings:	be (make) precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw.

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BDB3698

[יָקַר] verb be precious, prized, appraised (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el, Hiph`il; Aramaic יְקַר, [untranscribed source text 2291], be heavy, precious; Pa`el honour; יַקִּיר , [untranscribed source text 2292] weighty, precious, honoured; compare Assyrian a‡âru , be precious, costly, and derivatives, Dl^{HWB 240}; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2293] be heavy, II. honour; [untranscribed source text 2294] dignity; Sabean noun יקר honour DHM^{ZMG 1883, 402}) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular יָָֽקְרָה 1Sam 16:21 2 masculine singular יָקַרְתָּ Isa 43:4 1 singular יָקַרְתִּי Zech 11:13 3 plural יָקְרוּ Ps 139:17 Imperfect וַיִּיקַר 1Sam 18:30 וְיֵקַר Ps 49:9 וְיֵיקַר Ps 72:14 jussive תִּיקַר(נָֿאׅ 2Kgs 1:13; 2Kgs 1:14 —

1. be precious:

a. = highly valued, esteemed, David's name, וַיִּיקַר שְׁמוֺ מְאֹד 1Sam 18:30 of Israel, יָקַרְתָּ בְעֵינַי Isa 43:4 (+ נִכְבַּדְתָּ, אֲהַבְתִּיךָ); of God's thoughts וְלִי מַהיָָּֽֿקִרוּ רֵעֶיךָ Ps 139:17 (Ew Hi Hup render hard, difficult: compare יַקִּירָה Dan 2:11).

b. especially of life (נֶפֶשׁ), in phrase יָָֽקִרָה נַפְשִׁי בְּעֵינֶיךָ 1Sam 26:21 , i.e. thou hast spared it; so (jussive) 2Kgs 1:13; 2Kgs 1:14 similarly יֵיקַר דָּמָם בְּעֵינָיו Ps 72:14 (|| מִתּוֺךְ וּמֵחָמָס יִגְאַל נַפְשָׁס).

c. be costly, וְיֵקַר פִּדְיוֺן נַפְשָׁם Ps 49:9 .

2. be appraised, valued, אֶדֶר הַיְקָר אֲשֶׁר יָקַרְתִּי מֵעֲלֵיהֶם Zech 11:13 the magnificence of the price at which I was appraised (and dismissed) from them!

Hiph`il Imperfect 1 singular אוֺקִיר אֱנוֺשׁ מִפָּ֑ז Isa 13:12 I will make men more rare (literally precious) than fine gold. Imperative הֹקַר Prov 25:17 make rare (i.e. withhold) thy foot from the house of thy friend.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יקר (yah-kar’)

1 Samuel 26:21

KJV: Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

EHCC: my soul was ious in thine eyes

Psalms 139:17

KJV: How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

EHCC: How precious alsa are thy thoughts

2 Kings 1:13

KJV: And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.fell: Heb. bowed

EHCC: let my life,...be precious in thy sight.

Proverbs 25:17

KJV: Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.Withdraw…: or, Let thy foot be seldom inweary…: Heb. full of thee

EHCC: Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's

Isaiah 13:12

KJV: I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

EHCC: 7 will make a man more precious

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