יָקַר (yāqar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be precious. It appears
11 times
in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3365).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 905)
Range of meaning (TWOT 905)be precious, prized, appraised; be heavy, valuable, make rare, inhibit; be set by, withdraw
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
יָקַרverb: be precious, prized, appraised
Qal
1.be precious
2.be appraised
Strong's H3365יָקַר: properly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare (figuratively, to inhibit) KJV:be (make) precious, be prized, be set by, withdraw.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.