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H3368יָקָרya.qar

preciousPart of speech: Hebrew Adjective

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. 7
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 2
  14. 5
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 2
  19. 4
  20. 6
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 1
  24. 1
  25. 1
  26. 2
  27. 1
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 1
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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36 occurrences in 36 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Proverbs 12:27

    The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent.

    יָקָ֣ר ya.Kar “precious”

  2. Proverbs 17:27

    He that spareth his words hath knowledge; and he that husbandeth his spirit is a man of discernment.

    יְקַר ve.kar- “[a person] noble of”

  3. Proverbs 24:4

    And by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

    יָקָ֣ר ya.Kar “precious”

  4. Ecclesiastes 10:1

    Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.

    יָקָ֛ר ya.Kar “[is] weighty”

  5. Isaiah 28:16

    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a costly corner-stone of sure foundation; he that believeth shall not make haste.

    יִקְרַת֙ yik.Rat “preciousness of”

  6. Jeremiah 15:19

    Therefore thus saith the LORD: if thou return, and I bring thee back, thou shalt stand before Me; and if thou bring forth the precious out of the vile, thou shalt be as My mouth; let them return unto thee, but thou shalt not return unto them.

    יָקָ֛ר ya.Kar “[the] precious”

  7. Lamentations 4:2

    The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

    הַיְקָרִ֔ים (יְקָרִ֔ים) y.ka.Rim “precious”

  8. Ezekiel 27:22

    The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy wares with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

    יְקָרָה֙ ye.ka.Rah “precious”

  9. Ezekiel 28:13

    thou wast in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the carnelian, the topaz, and the emerald, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the carbuncle, and the smaragd, and gold; the workmanship of thy settings and of thy

    יְקָרָ֤ה ye.ka.Rah “precious”

  10. Daniel 11:38

    But in his place shall he honour the god of strongholds; and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and costly things.

    יְקָרָ֖ה ye.ka.Rah “costly”

  11. Zechariah 14:6

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light, but heavy clouds and thick;

    יְקָר֖וֹת ye.ka.Rot “splendid [ones]”