hebrew #3365 - יָקַר yaqar (to be precious)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance be make precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw A primitive root; properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit) -- be (make) precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw. Englishman's Concordance 1) to esteem, be prized, be valuable, be precious, be costly, be appraised 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be precious, be highly valued, be esteemed, be costly 1a2) to be appraised 1b) (Hiphil) to make something precious Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 905 Brown-Driver-Briggs [יָקַר] verbbe precious, prized, appraised (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el, Hiph`il; Aramaic יְקַר,  , be heavy, precious; Pa`el honour; יַקִּיר,  weighty, precious, honoured; compare Assyrian a‡âru, be precious, costly, and derivatives, DlHWB 240; Arabic  be heavy, II. honour;  dignity; Sabean noun יקרhonour DHMZMG 1883, 402) — QalPerfect3feminine singular יָָֽקְרָה1 Samuel 16:21; 2masculine singular יָקַרְתָּIsaiah 43:4; 1singular יָקַרְתִּיZechariah 11:13; 3plural יָקְרוּPsalm 139:17; Imperfectוַיִּיקַר1 Samuel 18:30; וְיֵקַרPsalm 49:9; וְיֵיקַרPsalm 72:14; jussive תִּיקַר(נָֿאׅ2 Kings 1:13,14; — 1be precious: a.=highly valued, esteemed, David's name, וַיִּיקַרשְׁמוֺ מְאֹד1 Samuel 18:30; of Israel, יָקַרְתָּ בְעֵינַיIsaiah 43:4 (+ נִכְבַּדְתָּ, אֲהַבְתִּיךָ); of God's thoughts וְלִי מַהיָָּֽֿקִרוּרֵעֶיךָPsalm 139:17 (Ew Hi Hup render hard, difficult: compare יַקִּירָהDaniel 2:11). b. especially of life (נֶפֶשׁ), in phrase יָָֽקִרָה נַפְשִׁי בְּעֵינֶיךָ1 Samuel 26:21, i.e. thou hast spared it; so (jussive) 2 Kings 1:13,14; similarly יֵיקַר דָּמָם בְּעֵינָיוPsalm 72:14 ("" מִתּוֺךְ וּמֵחָמָס יִגְאַל נַפְשָׁס). c.be costly, וְיֵקַר מִּדְיוֺן נַפְשָׁםPsalm 49:9. 2be appraised, valued, אֶדֶר הַיְקָר אֲשֶׁר יָקַרְתִּי מֵעֲלֵיהֶםZechariah 11:13the magnificence of the price at which I was appraised (and dismissed)from them! Hiph`ilImperfect1singular אוֺקִיר אֱנוֺשׁ מִמָּ֑זIsaiah 13:12I will make men more rare (literally precious) than fine gold. ImperativeהֹקַרProverbs 25:17make rare (i.e. withhold) thy foot from the house of thy friend. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 3365. יָקַר (yaqar) — 11 Occurrences1 Samuel 18:30 1 Samuel 26:21 2 Kings 1:13 2 Kings 1:14 Psalm 49:8 Psalm 72:14 Psalm 139:17 Proverbs 25:17 Isaiah 13:12 Isaiah 43:4 Zechariah 11:13 |