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# יְקָר

Biblical Aramaic

**honour** — used 7 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

honour [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b8_5e8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְקָר: n.m. honour [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b8_5e8/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 2:6 honour (v. BH);—abs. וִיקָר Dn 2:6; 7:14; cstr. id. 4:27, לִיקַר v 33 (K§ 57. Anm. Str -קָר); emph. וִיקָרָא 2:37; 5:18, ה—ָ v 20.

### Jastrow 1903

יְקָר ²: honor, dignity value, price [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b8_5e8/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** honor, dignity. Targ. Ex. XVI, 7. Targ. Ps. LXXXVII, 3. Ib. VIII, 6 Ms. (ed. אַיְקָרָא, v. אִיקָר); a. fr.—Ber. 28ᵃ top מַן י׳ Ms. M. (ed. כסא דמוקרא, Ms. F. דִּיקָרָא) a vessel of honor (precious vessel). Snh. 46ᵇ הספידא י׳ וכ׳ are funeral ceremonies (eulogies, wailings &c.) for the honor of the deceased or of the survivors? Ib. הנהו בני י׳ נינהו were those (the survivors of the house of Jeroboam) worthy of honors?—Lev. R. s. 34 לית היא עבדא לִיקָרָךְ she acts (treats thee) not according to thy dignity; Gen. R. s. 17 לִיקַרְתָּךְ. Ib. דליתה מִיְּקָרָךְ for she is not (part) of thy dignity, i.e. not worthy of thee; Yalk. Lev. 665 דלית היא יקרך, a. דיקרך; Yalk. Is. 352 דיק׳; Y. Keth. XI, 34ᵇ bot. דאִיקְרָךְ.—Ber. 19ᵃ הקב"ה תבע בִּיקָרֵיה the Lord takes up the cause of his offended dignity; a. fr.—Pl. יִקְרַיָּא. B. Kam. 102ᵇ bot. יִקְרַיְיכוּ, v. זִילוּתָא. value, price. Targ. Ps. XLIX, 9 אילו יהיב יקר וכ׳ Ms. (ed. Lag. ויהיב יקר; ed. ויהי יקיר) were he to pay the price for their redemption.—Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵃ bot. (in a prob. corrupted sentence) וי׳ אוף ציבחר הוה סידרה יקיר though the value (of the sandal) was but a trifle, yet order (consistency in decisions) is precious; Y. Yeb. XII, 12ᵈ top (corr. acc.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (38 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (3); honor (2); the honor (2).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:37](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.37/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.37/#tree)

אַ֣נְתְּהמַלְכָּ֔א מֶ֖לֶךְ מַלְכַיָּ֑א דִּ֚י אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א מַלְכוּתָ֥א חִסְנָ֛א וְתָקְפָּ֥א וִֽיקָרָ֖א יְהַב־לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* you O king \[are\].the.king of the.kings whom the.God of the.heavens the kingdom the power and the strength and the honor he.has.given to you

*JPS 1917:* Thou, O king, king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

[Daniel 5:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.18/#tree)

אַ֖נְתְּ מַלְכָּ֑א אֱלָהָא֙ עִלָּאָ֔ה מַלְכוּתָ֤א וּרְבוּתָא֙ וִיקָרָ֣א וְהַדְרָ֔ה יְהַ֖ב לִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר אֲבוּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* you O king (the) God (the).Most High the kingdom and the greatness and the honor and the majesty he.gave to Nebuchadnezzar father your

*JPS 1917:* O thou king, God Most High gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b8_5e8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b8_5e8/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).