יָקָרyâqâr

Meanings

Same root

• יָקַרyâqar · H3365properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit)

Where it appears

Appears 36 times in the Bible.

• 1 Samuel 3:1 Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the Lord by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the Lord were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
• 2 Samuel 12:30 David removed the crown from the king’s head, and it was placed on his own head. The crown was made of gold and set with gems, and it weighed seventy-five pounds. David took a vast amount of plunder from the city.
• 1 Kings 5:17 At the king’s command, they quarried large blocks of high-quality stone and shaped them to make the foundation of the Temple.
• 1 Kings 7:9 From foundation to eaves, all these buildings were built from huge blocks of high-quality stone, cut with saws and trimmed to exact measure on all sides.
• 1 Kings 7:10 Some of the huge foundation stones were 15 feet long, and some were 12 feet long.
• 1 Kings 7:11 The blocks of high-quality stone used in the walls were also cut to measure, and cedar beams were also used.