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title: יָקַר — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «יָקַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: be precious. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# יָקַר

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**Who acts:** you, vb, I · **What happens:** be, prize, appraise, let, value, make · **To what, where:** it, I

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«יָקַר‎» in the Tanakh dictionary: its 3 English meanings, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its verses: [יָקַר‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3365.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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be precious

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3365:m1:1
# text = be precious
1	be	be	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | precious *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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vb. be precious, prized, appraised

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3365:m2:1
# text = vb. be precious, prized, appraised
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	prized	prize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	appraised	appraise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive | vb |  |  |  |  | precious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **prize** | participle | vb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **appraise** | participle | vb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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let it be precious; I was valued; I will make precious

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:3365:m3:1
# text = let it be precious; I was valued; I will make precious
1	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	valued	value	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
13	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | precious *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **value** | past · passive |  | I |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 4 | **make** | future | I |  |  |  |  | precious *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the English meanings of the Tanakh dictionary: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 (public domain, via Sefaria) as their short meanings, and MACULA Hebrew's glosses (CC BY 4.0) when they read as English; the whole entries, dense with abbreviations and Hebrew, are not parsed. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Trees and frames: Elamur Cosmic License.

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