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# יַקִּיר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3357

**very precious** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

very precious [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3357/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יַקִּיר: adj. very precious, dear [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3357/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. intrans. very precious, dear; only הֲבֵן יַקִּיר לִי אֶפְרַיִם Je 31:20 is Ephraim a very precious son unto me? (‖ יֶלֶד שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: dear (1).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 31:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.20/#tree)

הֲבֵן֩ יַקִּ֨יר לִ֜י אֶפְרַ֗יִם אִ֚ם יֶ֣לֶד שַׁעֲשֻׁעִ֔ים כִּֽי־מִדֵּ֤י דַבְּרִי֙ בּ֔וֹ זָכֹ֥ר אֶזְכְּרֶ֖נּוּ ע֑וֹד עַל־כֵּ֗ן הָמ֤וּ מֵעַי֙ ל֔וֹ רַחֵ֥ם אֲ‍ֽרַחֲמֶ֖נּוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* a son? dear to me \[is\].Ephraim or? a.child of.delight(s) (dm) as often.as speak I in him certainly.(remember) I remember.him still therefore they.are.in.a.tumult parts my.inward for him surely.(have.compassion) I will.have.compassion.on.him the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Is Ephraim a darling son unto Me? Is he a child that is dandled? For as often as I speak of him, I do earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearneth for him, I will surely have compassion upon him, saith the LORD.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3357.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3357/): 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).