יָקַר
yâqar · yaw-kar'
properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit)
- properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable
- causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be (make) precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest
The hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָקַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- set by1 · 9%
- was precious1 · 9%
- be precious1 · 9%
- now be precious1 · 9%
- is precious1 · 9%
- and precious1 · 9%
- how precious1 · 9%
- withdraw1 · 9%
- more precious1 · 9%
- since thou wast precious1 · 9%
- that i was prised at1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.