Yakir

Yakir (Hebrew: יַקִּיר), is an Israeli settlement and a communal village located in the West Bank's Samarian mountains about 35 km east of Tel Aviv near Revava and Nofim, on Road 5066 roughly between Barkan and Karnei Shomron. Founded in February 1981, it sits at 420 metres above sea level and is under the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council. "Name from biblical passage in Jeremiah (31:20) 'Is Ephraim a darling (yaqir) son unto Me?'"