יָקָר (yāqār) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning precious. It appears
36 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3368).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 905a)
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.)