Lexical Definition

‎יְקָר‎ yᵉqâr (yek-awr') preciousness ^H:N-M
from ‎יָקַר‎

honour, precious (things), price.

• value, i.e. (concretely) wealth
• abstractly, costliness, dignity

1) price, value, preciousness, honour, splendour, pomp
1a) preciousness
1b) price
1c) honour, esteem

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Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ye.qar (‎י‎ְ‎ק‎ָ‎ר‎ "honor" יְקָר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: יְקָר
‎יְקָר‎ noun masculine preciousness, price, honour (late: compare BA ᵑ7 ‎יְקָר‎, glory); — absolute ‎יְקָר‎ Zech 11:13 + 5 t.; ‎בִּיקָר‎ etc. Ps 49:13* + 3 t.; construct ‎יְקָר‎ Esth 1:4 suffix ‎בִּיקָרוֺ‎ Esth 6:6 + 4 t.; ‎יְקָרָהּ‎ Jer 20:5 —

1. preciousness:
a. = precious (costly) things (collective) Jer 20:5 (om. ᵐ5), ‎חֹסֶן וִיקָר‎ Ezek 22:25 ‎כָּליְֿקָר‎ Job 28:10.
b. ‎כְּלִי יְקָר‎ Prov 20:15 a jewel of preciousness = precious jewel (|| ‎זָהָב‎, ‎פְּנִינִים‎).

2. price Zech 11:13, see ‎יָקַר‎

2, 3. honour, Ps 49:13*; Ps 49:21* elsewhere only Esther: ‎יְקָר תִּפְאֶרֶת גְּדוּלָּתוֺ‎ Esth 1:4 (|| ‎כְּבוֺד מַלְכוּתוֺ‎); ‎יִתְּנוּ יְקָר לְ‎ vEsth 1:20 all wives give honour to their lords; ‎מַהנַּֿעֲשָׂה יְקָר וּגְדוּלָּה לְמָרְדְּכַי‎ Esth 6:3, with ‎עשׂה לְ‎ also vEsth 6:6 ‎לַיְּהוּדִים הָֽיְתָה אוֺרָה וְשִׂמְחָה וְשָׂשׂן וִיקָר‎ Esth 8:16 ‎(הָ)אִישׁ‎ ‎אֲשֶׁר הַמֶּלֶךְ חָפֵץ בִּיקָרוֺ‎ the man in whose honour the king delighteth Esth 6:6; Esth 6:7; Esth 6:9 (twice in verse); Esth 6:11.

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