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title: יְקָר — honour · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: יְקָר (lemma:יְקָר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 7 times: honour. BDB 1906: n.m. honour. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְקָר

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«יְקָר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **honour** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:יְקָר · **BDB:** יְקָר

### Glosses

the (3); honor (2); the.honor (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

honour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b8_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. honour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b8_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 2:6 honour (v. BH);—abs. וִיקָר Dn 2:6; 7:14; cstr. id. 4:27, לִיקַר v 33 (K§ 57. Anm. Str -קָר); emph. וִיקָרָא 2:37; 5:18, ה—ָ v 20.

### Jastrow 1903

יְקָר ²: honor, dignity value, price [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b8_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** honor, dignity. Targ. Ex. XVI, 7. Targ. Ps. LXXXVII, 3. Ib. VIII, 6 Ms. (ed. אַיְקָרָא, v. אִיקָר); a. fr.—Ber. 28ᵃ top מַן י׳ Ms. M. (ed. כסא דמוקרא, Ms. F. דִּיקָרָא) a vessel of honor (precious vessel). Snh. 46ᵇ הספידא י׳ וכ׳ are funeral ceremonies (eulogies, wailings \&c.) for the honor of the deceased or of the survivors? Ib. הנהו בני י׳ נינהו were those (the survivors of the house of Jeroboam) worthy of honors?—Lev. R. s. 34 לית היא עבדא לִיקָרָךְ she acts (treats thee) not according to thy dignity; Gen. R. s. 17 לִיקַרְתָּךְ. Ib. דליתה מִיְּקָרָךְ for she is not (part) of thy dignity, i.e. not worthy of thee; Yalk. Lev. 665 דלית היא יקרך, a. דיקרך; Yalk. Is. 352 דיק׳; Y. Keth. XI, 34ᵇ bot. דאִיקְרָךְ.—Ber. 19ᵃ הקב"ה תבע בִּיקָרֵיה the Lord takes up the cause of his offended dignity; a. fr.—Pl. יִקְרַיָּא. B. Kam. 102ᵇ bot. יִקְרַיְיכוּ, v. זִילוּתָא. value, price. Targ. Ps. XLIX, 9 אילו יהיב יקר וכ׳ Ms. (ed. Lag. ויהיב יקר; ed. ויהי יקיר) were he to pay the price for their redemption.—Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵃ bot. (in a prob. corrupted sentence) וי׳ אוף ציבחר הוה סידרה יקיר though the value (of the sandal) was but a trifle, yet order (consistency in decisions) is precious; Y. Yeb. XII, 12ᵈ top (corr. acc.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (38 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְקָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b8_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.37/)

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אַ֣נְתְּהמַלְכָּ֔א מֶ֖לֶךְ מַלְכַיָּ֑א דִּ֚י אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א מַלְכוּתָ֥א חִסְנָ֛א וְתָקְפָּ֥א וִֽיקָרָ֖א יְהַב־לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* you O king \[are\].the.king of the.kings whom the.God of the.heavens the kingdom the power and the strength and the honor he.has.given to you

*JPS 1917:* Thou, O king, king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

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[Daniel 5:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.18/)

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אַ֖נְתְּ מַלְכָּ֑א אֱלָהָא֙ עִלָּאָ֔ה מַלְכוּתָ֤א וּרְבוּתָא֙ וִיקָרָ֣א וְהַדְרָ֔ה יְהַ֖ב לִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר אֲבוּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* you O king (the) God (the).Most High the kingdom and the greatness and the honor and the majesty he.gave to Nebuchadnezzar father your

*JPS 1917:* O thou king, God Most High gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;

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