Honor and Splendor (כָּבוֹד וִיקָר)

Honor and Splendor

Figuratively: great honor (yakar means honor or splendor).

("In showing the riches of the glory of his kingdom and the honor of the splendor of his greatness for many days, one hundred and eighty days" - Esther 1:4 (the feast of Ahasuerus), and likewise: "A light at every morning and every dawn, to prepare the dwelling of the Holy One, blessed be He, when He sits upon His throne in glory and splendor, to increase His glory on high in the secrets of the supernal ones" - Bereishit Rabbati, Parashat Bereishit, 27)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

כָּבוֹד וִיקָר

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: כָּבוֹד רַב (יָקָר מִשְׁמָעוֹ כָּבוֹד אוֹ פְּאֵר).

("בְּהַרְאֹתוֹ אֶת עֹשֶׁר כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ וְאֶת יְקָר תִּפְאֶרֶת גְּדוּלָּתוֹ יָמִים רַבִּים שְׁמוֹנִים וּמְאַת יוֹם"- אֶסְתֵּר א ד (מִשְׁתֵּה אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ), וְכֵן:"אוֹרָה בְּכָל שַׁחַר וְשַׁחַר לְהָכִין מוֹשַׁב הב"ה בְּשִׁבְתּוֹ עַל כִּסְאוֹ בְּכָבוֹד וִיקָר, לְהַרְבּוֹת כְּבוֹדוֹ בַּמָּרוֹם בִּרְזֵי עֶלְיוֹנִים"- בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּתִי פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית, 27)

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