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title: יַקִּיר — honourable · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: יַקִּיר (lemma:יַקִּיר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: honourable. BDB 1906: adj. honourable, difficult. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַקִּיר

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«יַקִּיר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **honourable** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:יַקִּיר · **BDB:** יַקִּיר

### Glosses

(the) (1); \[is\].difficult (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

honourable [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e7_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. honourable, difficult [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e7_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. honourable, difficult;— honourable, emph. יַקִּירָא Ezr 4:10. difficult (cf. BH כָּבֵד adj. 1 d), fs. יַקִּירָה Dn 2:11.

### Jastrow 1903

יַקִּיר: weighty, honorable [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e7_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** weighty, honorable.—Pl. יַקִּירִים. Yoma VI, 4 מיַקִּירֵי ירושלים some of the nobility of Jerusalem.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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 agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (38 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַקִּיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e7_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.10/)

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וּשְׁאָ֣ר אֻמַּיָּ֗א דִּ֤י הַגְלִי֙ אָסְנַפַּר֙ רַבָּ֣א וְיַקִּירָ֔א וְהוֹתֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ בְּקִרְיָ֖ה דִּ֣י שָׁמְרָ֑יִן וּשְׁאָ֥ר עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֖ה וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃

*Word for word:* and the.rest of the.nations which he.took.into.exile Osnappar (the) great and (the) honorable and he.caused.to.dwell them in the.city (diy).of Samaria and the.rest of.the.region.beyond the river and now

*JPS 1917:* and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asenappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and the rest that are in the country beyond the River: — 'And now —

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[Daniel 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.11/)

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וּמִלְּתָ֨א דִֽי־מַלְכָּ֤ה שָׁאֵל֙ יַקִּירָ֔ה וְאָחֳרָן֙ לָ֣א אִיתַ֔י דִּ֥י יְחַוִּנַּ֖הּ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א לָהֵ֣ן אֱלָהִ֔ין דִּ֚י מְדָ֣רְה֔וֹן עִם־בִּשְׂרָ֖א לָ֥א אִיתֽוֹהִי׃

*Word for word:* and the matter which the king \[is\].asking \[is\].difficult and.\[is\] another not there who he will.declare.it before the king except gods who their.dwelling place \[is\].with (the) flesh not there it

*JPS 1917:* And it is a hard thing that the king asketh, and there is none other that can declare it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.'

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