Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3358 - יַקִּיר yaqqir (honorable)

Original Word:	יַקִּיר
Transliteration:	yaqqir
Definition:	honorable, difficult
Part of Speech:	Adjective
Phonetic Spelling:	(yak-keer')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

noble, rare

(Aramaic) corresponding to yaqqiyr -- noble, rare.

see HEBREW yaqqiyr

Englishman's Concordance

1) rare, noble, famous, difficult
1a) honourable
1b) difficult (metonymy)
Part of Speech: adjective
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: corresponding to H3357
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2775a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[יַקִּיר] adjectivehonourable, difficult; —

1honourable, emphatic יַקִּירָאEzra 4:10.

2difficult (compare Biblical Hebrew כָּבֵדadjective 1 d), feminine singular יַקִּירָהDaniel 2:11.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3358. יַקִּירָא (yaqqir) — 2 Occurrences

Ezra 4:10
HEB:אָסְנַפַּר֙ רַבָּ֣א וְיַקִּירָ֔א וְהוֹתֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ
NAS: the great and honorable Osnappar
KJV: the great and noble Asnappar
INT: Osnappar the great and honorable and settled them

Daniel 2:11
HEB:מַלְכָּ֤ה שָׁאֵל֙ יַקִּירָ֔ה וְאָחֳרָן֙ לָ֣א
NAS: demands is difficult, and there
KJV:And [it is] a rare thing that the king
INT: the king demands is difficult one is no

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