יַקִּיר (yaqqîr) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning very precious. It appears
1 time
in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3357).
Also rendered
precious
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 905c)
Root family 905: יָקַרyāqar — be precious, valuable, costly, esteem. (ASV and RSV similar; cf. Zech 11:13, “the goodly (RSV “lordly”) price that I was prized at (RSV “paid off”) by them”; be (much) set by” ASV in I Sam 18:30.)