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Strongs H3357

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יַקִּיר (yaqqîyr) a (yak-keer')
Source: from H3365;
Meaning: precious
KJV: dear.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

j.dd.ad

יַקִּיר adj. intrans. very precious, dear; only Je 31:20

Appears in only one verse:

JER 31:20

OET-LV: 20 A_son dear to_me is_ʼEfrayim or a_child_of delight(s) if/because from_sufficiency speak_I in/on/over_him/it certainly_(remember) I_remember_him still therefore yes/correct/thus/so parts_of_my_inward they_are_in_a_tumult to_him/it surely_(have_compassion) I_will_have_compassion_on_him the_utterance_of YHWH. (JER_31:20)

OET-RV:  ⇔  20 Isn’t Yisrael (Heb. Efrayim) a precious son to me,
 ⇔ or a child that I really liked?
 ⇔ Yes, as often as I speak against him,
 ⇔ I still continually remember him.
 ⇔ Therefore I groan deep down for him.
 ⇔ I’ll always feel compassionate towards him.
 § That is Yahweh’s declaration. (JER 31:20)

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