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title: יַקִּיר — very precious · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַקִּיר (3357), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: very precious. BDB 1906: adj. very precious, dear. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַקִּיר

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«יַקִּיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **very precious** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3357 · **BDB:** יַקִּיר

### Glosses

dear (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

very precious [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3357/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. very precious, dear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3357/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. intrans. very precious, dear; only הֲבֵן יַקִּיר לִי אֶפְרַיִם Je 31:20 is Ephraim a very precious son unto me? (‖ יֶלֶד שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַקִּיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3357/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 31:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.20/)

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הֲבֵן֩ יַקִּ֨יר לִ֜י אֶפְרַ֗יִם אִ֚ם יֶ֣לֶד שַׁעֲשֻׁעִ֔ים כִּֽי־מִדֵּ֤י דַבְּרִי֙ בּ֔וֹ זָכֹ֥ר אֶזְכְּרֶ֖נּוּ ע֑וֹד עַל־כֵּ֗ן הָמ֤וּ מֵעַי֙ ל֔וֹ רַחֵ֥ם אֲ‍ֽרַחֲמֶ֖נּוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* a son? dear to me \[is\].Ephraim or? a.child of.delight(s) (dm) as often.as speak I in him certainly.(remember) I remember.him still therefore they.are.in.a.tumult parts my.inward for him surely.(have.compassion) I will.have.compassion.on.him the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Is Ephraim a darling son unto Me? Is he a child that is dandled? For as often as I speak of him, I do earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearneth for him, I will surely have compassion upon him, saith the LORD.

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