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title: יְקָר — preciousness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְקָר (3366), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: preciousness. BDB 1906: n.m. preciousness, price, honour. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְקָר

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«יְקָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **preciousness** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 3366 · **BDB:** יְקָר

### Glosses

honor (11); of.preciousness (1); precious.thing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

preciousness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3366/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. preciousness, price, honour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3366/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. preciousness, price, honour (late: cf. BA 𝔗 יְקָר, ܐܻܝܩܳܪ glory);—abs. יְקָר Zc 11:13 + 5 times; בִּיקָר etc. ψ 49:13 + 3 times; cstr. יְקָר Est 1:4; sf. בִּיקָרוֹ 6:6 + 4 times; יְקָרָהּ Je 20:5;— preciousness: = precious (costly) things (coll.) Je 20:5 (om. 𝔊), חֹסֶן וִיקָר Ez 22:25; כָּל־יְקָר Jb 28:10. כְּלִי יְקָר Pr 20:15 a jewel of preciousness = precious jewel (‖ זָהָב, פְּנִינִים). price Zc 11:13, v. יָקַר 2. honour, ψ 49:13, 21; elsewhere only Est.: יְקָר תִּפְאֶרֶת גְּדוּלָּתוֹ Est 1:4 (‖ כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ); יִתְּנוּ יְקָר לְ v 20 all wives give honour to their lords; מַה־נַּעֲשָׂה יְקָר וּגְדוּלָּה לְמָרְדְּכַי 6:3, c. עשׂה לְ also v 6; לַיְּהוּדִים הָֽיְתָה אוֹרָה וְשִׂמְחָה וְשָׂשׂן וִיקָר 8:16; (הָ)אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הַמֶּלֶךְ חָפֵץ בִּיקָרוֹ the man in whose honour the king delighteth 6:6, 7, 9(×2), 11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְקָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3366/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 20:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.15/)

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יֵ֣שׁ זָ֭הָב וְרָב־פְּנִינִ֑ים וּכְלִ֥י יְ֝קָ֗ר שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת׃

*Word for word:* there.\[is\] gold and abundance of.jewels and.\[are\] an.article of.preciousness lips of.knowledge

*JPS 1917:* There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

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[Esther 8:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.16/)

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לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים הָֽיְתָ֥ה אוֹרָ֖ה וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן וִיקָֽר׃

*Word for word:* to the Jews it.belonged light and gladness and joy and honor

*JPS 1917:* The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.

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