שֶׁ֫קֶל 87 noun masculineLeviticus 27:6 a weight,
shekel (originally =
weight; late Hebrew =
coin GACooke
Inscr. 356); — absolute
שׁ׳ Amos 8:5 +,
שָׁ֑קֶל Exodus 38:29 +; plural
שְׁקָלִים Joshua 7:21 +; construct
שִׁקְלֵי 1 Chronicles 21:25; —
shekel, as standard weight
Amos 8:5; of weight of bronze armour
1 Samuel 17:5, iron spear-head
1 Samuel 17:7, +
2 Samuel 21:16b (see
מִשְׁקָל), hair
2 Samuel 14:26, food
Ezekiel 4:10; implying value, of wedge of gold
Joshua 7:21 (JE); of nails in temple (gold)
2 Chronicles 3:9; usually a definite weight of silver (used in payment. or valuation)
Exodus 21:32 (E),
Joshua 7:21 (JE),
1 Samuel 9:8;
2 Samuel 24:24;
2 Kings 7:1 (twice in verse);
2 Kings 7:16 (twice in verse);
2 Kings 7:18 (twice in verse);
2 Kings 15:20;
Jeremiah 32:9;
Ezekiel 45:12 (twice in verse) (see infra), and (= coin, from time of Darius I)
Nehemiah 5:15;
Nehemiah 10:33;
Leviticus 5:15;
Leviticus 27:3,
4,
5 (twice in verse) (all P), +
53 times P; also
מַחֲצִית הַשּׁ׳ Exodus 30:13 (twice in verse);
Exodus 30:15;
Exodus 38:26 (=
בֶּקַל), all
half-shekel, atonement-money; compare
שְׁלִישִׁית הַשּׁ׳ Nehemiah 10:33 one-third; also
רֶבַע שׁ׳ 1 Samuel 9:8 one-fourth if shekel;
שׁ׳ = 20
גֵּרָה (
ג׳ otherwise unknown)
Ezekiel 45:12;
Exodus 30:13;
Leviticus 27:25;
Numbers 3:47; 50
שׁ׳ = one maneh
Ezekiel 45:12 (read
וַחֲמִשִּׁים for
וחמשׁה [and
עֶשְׂרֵה for
עֲשָׂרָה preceding],
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הַקֹּדֶשׁ שׁ׳ Exodus 30:13,
24;
Leviticus 5:15;
Numbers 3:47,
50;
Numbers 7:13 +
21 times P; land estimated in
שׁ׳ of gold
1 Chronicles 21:25;
שׂ׳ also often omitted after number —
שׁ׳ was of two standards, one one-half the other; actual weights (and values) varied, but most persistent were:
(1) gold, 252 2/3-grams Troy (or 126 1/3), modern equivalent approximately £2 1S., or $10;
(2) silver, 224 1/2-grams (nearly 1/2 ounce) =
הַקֹּדֶשׁ שׁ׳ (see above), or 112 1/4, modern equivalent approximately 2s.
9d., or 67 with;
בְּאֶבֶן הַמֶּלֶךְ שׁ׳ 2 Samuel 14:26 is dubious; if late (Bu HPS Löhr Now) it probably reference to a Babylonian or Persian scale (compare S-C
pap באבני מלכא often); 60 (or 50)
שׁ׳ = 1 mina, 60 minas= 1 talent(see
מָנֶה,
כִּכָּר). See especially ARSK
Hast. DB WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,and MONEY.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H8625.
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