יַקִּיר
yakir · noble, honorable; difficult
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H3358 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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yakir (יַקִּיר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “noble, honorable; difficult”.
Noble, honorable; also difficult (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "yaqar", "precious".
How to say it
ya·kir
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Worthy of honor, of high rank.
- So hard no one can work it out.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- difficult ×1
- noble ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezra 4:10
and the rest of the nations whom Osnappar, the great and noble, carried into exile and settled them in the city of Samaria, and the rest of the other side of the river. And now:
- Daniel 2:11
And the thing that the king asks is difficult, and there is no other who can declare it before the king except gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”