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Isaiah 13:12
“I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָקַרyâqar · yaw-kar'
H3365 · Hebrew
H3365 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- be (make) precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw.
- Grammar
- אוֹקִ֥יר — verb Hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 11 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 18:301 Samuel 26:212 Kings 1:132 Kings 1:14Psalms 49:9
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָקַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.