יְקָר m. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) gravity, dignity, honor. Meg. 16ᵇ (ref. to Esth. VIII, 17) וִי׳ אלו תפלין ‘and dignity (distinction)’ that means the T’fillin. —2) heavy fog, mist. Yalk. Ps. 730 כי׳ של מדבר (ref. to כיקר, Ps. XXXVII, 20) like the mist of the desert.—Pl. יְקָרִים Ib.