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title: יָקָר — precious · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָקָר (3368), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: precious. BDB 1906: adj. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָקָר

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«יָקָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **precious** — 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:** 36 times · **Key:** 3368 · **BDB:** יָקָר

### Glosses

precious (19); costly (5); \[is\].precious (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

precious [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3368/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3368/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. precious, rare, splendid, weighty;—abs. יָקָר 1 S 3:1 + 9 times; cstr. יְקַר־ Pr 17:27 Qr (Kt וקר; v. infr.); כִּיקַר ψ 37:20; f. יְקָרָה 2 S 12:30 + 14 times; cstr. יִקְרַת Is 28:16; mpl. יְקָרִים La 4:2; fpl. יְקָרוֹת 1 K 5:31 + 2 times + Zc 14:6 (v. infr.); יְקָרֹת 1 K 7:9; sf. בְּיִקְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָ ψ 45:10 (so Baer; van d. H. בִּיקְּ׳);— precious: costly, אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֹת of costly building-stones 1 K 5:31; 7:9, 10, 11 cf. פִּנַּת יִקְרַת מוּסָד מוּסָּד Is 28:16 a costly corner(-stone) of a foundation,—on cstr. v. DaSynt. § 28, R. 3, 6; הוֹן יָקָר costly wealth Pr 1:13; 12:27; הוֹן יָקָר וְנָעִים 24:4. precious, highly valued: נֶפֶשׁ יְקָרָה Pr 6:26 precious life; opp. זוֹלֵל Je 15:19 (of choice elements of character); יָקָר בְּעֵינֵי י׳ הַמָּֽוְתָה לַחֲסִידָיו ψ 116:15; יְקָרָה הִיא מפניים Pr 3:15 she (wisdom) is more precious than rubies (v. also c); prized, of חסד י׳ ψ 36:8; = subst. בְּנוֹת מְלָכִים בְּיִקְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָ ψ 45:10 kings’ daughters are among thy precious (= dear) ones. אֶבֶן יְקָרָה coll. precious stones, jewels 2 S 12:30 = 1 Ch 20:2, 1 K 10:2, 10, 11 = 2 Ch 9:1, 9, 10, 1 Ch 29:3 2 Ch 3:6; 32:27 Ez 27:22; 28:13 (list of precious stones follows), Dn 11:38; so also La 4:2, read אַבְנֵי צִיּוֹן הַיְקָרִים (for MT בְּנֵי וגו׳), see VB; שֹׁהַם יָקָר Jb 28:16 (v. also Pr 3:15 sub b). rare, 1 S 3:1 (cf. √ Hiph. Is 13:12). glorious, splendid (cf. Aramaic), of the moon Jb 31:26; as subst. = glory, the wicked perish, כִּיקַר כָּרִים ψ 37:20 like the glory of the pastures (i. e. like gay, but short-lived, flowers). (late and Aramaic) weighty, influential, יָקָר מֵחָכְמָה Ec 10:1 weightier than wisdom and honour is a little folly.—In Pr 17:27 read Kt וְקַר־רוּחַ and one cool of spirit (see VB); in Zc 14:6 read לֹא יִהְיֶה אוֹר וְקָרוֹת וְקִפָּאוֹן there shall not be light but cold and congelation with 𝔊 Symm 𝔖 (Zc 14:6 ‘but’ is very dub.; read prob. חוֹם וְקָרוֹת there shall be neither heat nor cold, etc. (We al.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 35 of its verses cited, 0 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 «יָקָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3368/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.13/)

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כָּל־ה֣וֹן יָקָ֣ר נִמְצָ֑א נְמַלֵּ֖א בָתֵּ֣ינוּ שָׁלָֽל׃

*Word for word:* all wealth prized we.will.find we.will.fill houses our plunder

*JPS 1917:* We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil;

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[Job 31:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.26/)

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אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה א֖וֹר כִּ֣י יָהֵ֑ל וְ֝יָרֵ֗חַ יָקָ֥ר הֹלֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* if I.saw a.light (dm) it.shone and.\[the\] moon splendid going

*JPS 1917:* If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

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