שֶׁ֫קֶל87 noun masculine[Lev 27:6] a weight, shekel (originally = weight; late Hebrew = coin GACookeInscr. 356); — absolute ׳שׁ [Amos 8:5] +, שָׁ֑קֶל [Exod 38:29] +; plural שְׁקָלִים [Josh 7:21] +; construct שִׁקְלֵי [1Chr 21:25] — shekel, as standard weight [Amos 8:5] of weight of bronze armour [1Sam 17:5], iron spear-head v[1Sam 17:7], +[2Sam 21:16]b (see מִשְׁקָל), hair [2Sam 14:26], food [Ezek 4:10] implying value, of wedge of gold [Josh 7:21] (JE); of nails in temple (gold) [2Chr 3:9] usually a definite weight of silver (used in payment. or valuation) [Exod 21:32] (E), [Josh 7:21] (JE), [1Sam 9:8]; [2Sam 24:24]; [2Kgs 7:1] (twice in verse); [2Kgs 7:16] (twice in verse); [2Kgs 7:18] (twice in verse); [2Kgs 15:20]; [Jer 32:9]; [Ezek 45:12] (twice in verse) (see infra), and ( = coin, from time of Darius I) [Neh 5:15]; [Neh 10:33]; [Lev 5:15]; [Lev 27:3]; [Lev 27:4]; [Lev 27:5] (twice in verse) (all P), +53 t. P; also ׳מַחֲצִית הַשּׁ [Exod 30:13] (twice in verse); [Exod 30:15]; [Exod 38:26] (= בֶּקַל), all half-shekel, atonement-money; compare ׳שְׁלִישִׁית הַשּׁ [Neh 10:33] one-third; also ׳רֶבַע שׁ [1Sam 9:8] one-fourth if shekel; ׳שׁ = 20 גֵּרָה (׳ג otherwise unknown) [Ezek 45:12]; [Exod 30:13]; [Lev 27:25]; [Num 3:47] 50 ׳שׁ = one maneh [Ezek 45:12] (read וַחֲמִשִּׁים for וחמשׁה [and עֶשְׂרֵה for עֲשָׂרָה preceding], ᵐ5A Boeckh Hi-Sm Co Toy Da Krae Berthol); הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳שׁ [Exod 30:13]; [Exod 30:24]; [Lev 5:15]; [Num 3:47]; [Num 3:50]; [Num 7:13] + 21 t. P; land estimated in ׳שׁ of gold [1Chr 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 1 S., 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 [2Sam 14:26] is dubious; if late (Bu HPS Löhr Now) it probably reference to a Babylonian or Persian scale (compare S-Cpap באבני מלכא often); 60 (or 50) ׳שׁ = 1 mina, 60 minas= 1 talent(see מָנֶה ,כִּכָּר). See especially ARSKHast. DB WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,and MONEY.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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