*waqār-: 'rare; precious, esteemed' 1, 'to be heavy; to load, burden' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*waqār-
Meaning'rare; precious, esteemed' 1, 'to be heavy; to load, burden' 2
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianwaqāru 'be(come) rare'Anderson–Moser 2024 root wqr
AramaicYQR 'heavy' 2Anderson–Moser 2024 root wqr
Hebrewyaqar 'esteem'Anderson–Moser 2024 root wqr
Ugariticyqr (HALOT 431)HALOT 431
Arabicwaqura (HALOT 431); ʾawqarahu, waqarahu 2 (Lane 2960)HALOT 431; Lane 2960gloss withheld
Amoritewqr 1: yaqir-, yaqur- (Huffmon APNM 214); yaqqīrum 1 (Buck 2019, 334); y-q-r 1, 2: ia-ki-ra-nu, ia-ki-ra-a-bu-um, ia-ki-ra-a-ḫi; yaqar 1: ia-qar(-DINGIR), ia-qa-ru, ia-ga/qa-rum; yaqir, yaqqir 1: à-ki-rí-im; yaqur, yaqqur 1: ia-ku-ra-an, i-ku-ur-ba-li, cf. ia-GU-ra (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 349); mawḳir 1: mu-gi-ra-nu-um (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 350)Huffmon APNM 214; Buck 2019, 334; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 349; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 350gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicyiqar 'be heavy; be precious; honour' 1, 2 (Payne Smith 196); yuqrā 'burden, weight, charge' 2 (Payne Smith 190)Payne Smith 196; Payne Smith 190
Biblical Aramaicyqyr (HALOT 431)HALOT 431
Mandaic Aramaicyqyr (HALOT 431)HALOT 431
Judaic Aramaicyqrʾ (HALOT 432)HALOT 432
Eblaitic/wuqqur/ 1: cf. name ù-gú-ra; /mayqarat/ 1: names ma-ga-ra-du, ma-ga-ra-dum, má-ga-ra-du (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 349–350)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 349–350gloss withheld

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Notes

LGz. 616 quotes Barr for Hebrew yāqar 'hew' at 1 K 5:31 (3646 *wḳr).

Updated 26 October 2026

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