יַקִּירyaqqîyr

honourable, difficult

Pronunciation: yak-keer' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3358

Meanings

1. honourable (Ezra 4:10)

2. difficult (Daniel 2:11)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 4:10 They also sent greetings from the rest of the people whom the great and noble Ashurbanipal had deported and relocated in Samaria and throughout the neighboring lands of the province west of the Euphrates River.
  • Daniel 2:11 The king’s demand is impossible. No one except the gods can tell you your dream, and they do not live here among people.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).