Lexicon
יַקִּיר
yaq.qir
H3358
A:A Hebrew

honorable

2
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

yaq.qir describes a person marked as honorable in a title-like description.

The two occurrences use the adjective in descriptions of a person: Ezra 4:10 places it with “the great and honorable,” while Daniel 2:11 uses the feminine form in a clause about the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh.

Senses in use

  1. Honorific description of a person · dominant

    In Ezra 4:10, the masculine singular determined form occurs in the description of Osnappar as “the great and honorable.” Daniel 2:11 has the feminine singular absolute form in the clause about the gods, whose dwelling the APB says is not with flesh; the adjective likewise belongs to a descriptive reference to persons.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly includes “honorable” in Ezra 4:10. In Daniel 2:11, its translation presents the clause about the gods and their dwelling, but the term's individual English rendering is not isolable.

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