Yakar (יקר) means expensive in Hebrew.
It can also mean dear and precious. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
expensive, dear, precious
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Yakar.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שמחירו גבוה.
כָּל-הוֹן יָקָר נִמְצָא; נְמַלֵּא בָתֵּינוּ שָׁלָל
- 2חשוב, נכבד ואהוב.
יְקָרָה הִיא, מפניים (מִפְּנִינִים); וְכָל חֲפָצֶיךָ לֹא יִשְׁווּ בָהּ
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Yakar is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- יָקָר
- Written without vowel points
- יקר
- Said
- yakar
- Root
- י־ק־ר
- Pattern
- קָטָל
- Plural
- יְקָרִים
- Feminine form
- יְקָרָה
- Inflections
- נ' יְקָרָה; ר' יְקָרִים, נ"ר יְקָרוֹת; יְקַר־, נ' יִקְרֵת־, ר' יִקְרֵי־, נ"ר יִקְרוֹת־
- Gematria
- 310
This is how Yakar is said in other languages.
- English
- expensive, dear, precious
- Arabic
- غَالٍ, عَزِيز
- Russian
- дорогой
- Spanish
- costoso, caro, honorable, respetable
- Yiddish
- קאָסטיק, טײַער, טײַערער
These words mean nearly the same as Yakar.
- נכבד
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Yakar.
These words rhyme with Yakar.
The word Yakar is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אבן יקרה
- יקר המציאות
- יקר ערך
- להוציא יקר מזולל
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Yakar comes from the root י־ק־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Yakar in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Yakar.
What does Yakar (יקר) mean in Hebrew?
Yakar (יקר) means expensive, dear, and precious. It is said yakar, with the stress on kar.
What is a synonym for Yakar (יקר)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Yakar (יקר) are נכבד.
What is the opposite of Yakar (יקר)?
Words that mean the opposite of Yakar (יקר) are זול and פשוט.
What rhymes with Yakar (יקר)?
Words that rhyme with Yakar (יקר) include דבר, בשר, מספר, איבר, ישר, and זכר.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry יקר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.