Lexical Definition

‎יַקִּיר‎ yaqqîyr (yak-keer') honorable ^A:A
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎יַקִּיר‎

noble, rare.

• {precious}

1) rare, noble, famous, difficult
1a) honourable
1b) difficult (meton)

See Greek: ἀγαπητός · βαρύς

Extended Information

Aramaic of: יַקִּיר

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: כָּבֵד
[‎יַקִּיר‎] adjective honourable, difficult; —

1. honourable, emphatic ‎יַקִּירָא‎ Ezra 4:10.

2. difficult (compare Biblical Hebrew ‎כָּבֵד‎ adjective 1 d), feminine singular ‎יַקִּירָה‎ Dan 2:11.

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