יְקַר ch. same. 1) to be heavy. Targ. Ps. XXXVIII, 5 יְקַרוּ (Ms. יקירו). Targ. Job XXXIII, 7 (some ed. אַיְקַר Af.). Targ. Gen. XLVIII, 10; Targ. O. Ex. XVII, 12 יְקָרָן, ed. Berl. יְקָרָא, v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 17); a. e. —2) to be dear, precious. Targ. I Sam. XXVI, 21. Targ. II Kings I, 13, sq.; a. fr.—B. Mets. 64ᵃ אי יַקְרָא וכ׳, v. זוּל I, ch.
Pa. - יַקַּר 1) to make heavy. Targ. Lam. III, 7 (ed. Amst. יְקַר, corr. acc.). Targ. Zech. VII, 11; a. fr. —2) to honor, hold dear. Targ. Is. V, 2. Ib. LVIII, 13; a. fr. Targ. Prov. XXV, 27 מילי מְיַקְּרָתָא honoring words (flatteries).—Koh. R. to II, 20; Lev. R. s. 25 תְּיַקְּרִינֵיה, v. מוֹקְרָא I; a. e.—[Gen. R. s. 17 מיקרך, v. יְקָרָא.] —3) to offer, present. Targ. Is. XLIII, 23 (not יְקרְתָּא). Targ. Prov. III, 9; a. e.
Af. - אוֹקִיר, אַיְקַר 1) to honor, treat with regard. Targ. Ps. XV, 4. Targ. I Sam. II, 30; a. e.—B. Mets. 59ᵃ אוֹקִירוּ לנשייכו וכ׳ honor your wives (in dress &c.), in order that you may be blessed with wealth. Ber. 48ᵃ לא את קא מוֹקְרַת קָא מוֹקְרָא לי … Ms. M. (ed. היא דמְיַקְּרָא לי …) it is not thou that honorest me, but it is the Law that honors me. Y. Kidd. I, 61ᵇ הלואי … דאוֹקְרִינוּן ואירת ג"ע Oh, that I had father and mother (alive) that I might honor them and inherit paradise; Y. Peah I, 15ᶜ bot. דאַיְקְרִינְהון ונירת וכ׳; a. fr. —2) to offer. Y. Bets. V, end 63ᵇ אוֹקְרֵיה חד סרקיי כמהין a Saracen sent him mushrooms as a present (on a Holy Day). Y. B. Bath. II, end, 13ᶜ אוֹקְרַת תאנין וכ׳ brought R. … figs as a present; a. fr.—[ 3) to be heavy. Targ. Job XXXIII, 17, v. supra.]