Strong's Lexicon: H8254 שָׁקַל

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H8254
Word:	שָׁקַל
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	23
Transliteration:	shaqal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	shaw-kal'
Meaning:	1. to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
KJV Renderings:	pay, receive(-r), spend, X throughly, weigh.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9008

שָׁקַל verb weigh (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic [untranscribed source text 5709] be heavy, [untranscribed source text 5710] heaviness, weight, [untranscribed source text 5711] load, Old Aramaic תקל weigh, Aramaic תְּקַל, [untranscribed source text 5712] (weigh), pay, תִּקְלָא shekel, but also (Old Aramaic, Zinjirli) שקל, שקלן Lzb³⁸²; [untranscribed source text 5713] lift up; Assyrian ša‡@âlu , weigh, ši‡lu (apparently) = שֶׁקֶל; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5714] hand up, weigh; Phoenician משקל weight; compare Frä²⁰², also Greek σίγλος ( ᵐ5 σίκλος) Lag^{M ii. 357} Lewy^{Framdw. 118 f.}; — on connection of meanings compare weigh transitive and intransitive = German wägen, wiegen, also heave, heavy, heft (= weight, obs. or colloq.)); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ שׁ 2Sam 14:26; Isa 40:12 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׁקִל Exod 22:16, suffix יִשְׁקְלֵ֫נִי Job 31:6, etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁקוֺל Job 6:2 construct לִשְׁקוֺל Esth 4:7 Participle active שֹׁקֵל Isa 33:18; 2Sam 18:12 read perhaps passive שָׁקֻל, see infra, —

1. weigh, human subject, accusative of thing 2Sam 14:26; Isa 46:6 (ב of scale); figurative, ׳ י subject Isa 40:12 also (accusative of person) Job 31:6 (both with ב of scale); compare Infinitive absolute below Niph`al; weigh precious metals intrusted to one, ל person Ezra 8:25, עַליָֿדָם Ezra 8:26, accusative of thing omitted Ezra 8:29 ( לִפְנֵי of superior).

2. weigh out a price (i.e. pay): accusative of silver Exod 22:16 ( E ), 1Kgs 20:39; Zech 11:12; Jer 32:10 (ב of scale), Isa 55:2 (with ב, in exchange for ); +ל person Jer 32:9; Gen 23:16 ( P ); +עַלכַּֿפַּי 2Sam 18:12 (read perhaps שָׁקֻל, so We Kit^Kau Bu Buhl), ׳ עַליְֿדֵי פ Esth 3:9 , עַלגִּֿנְזֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ Esth 4:7

Niph`al be weighed:

1. Perfect 3 masculine singular נִשְׁקַל, subject of thing Ezra 8:33 (passive of Qal Ezra 8:25f.); Imperfect 3 masculine singular figurative (+ Qal Infinitive absolute), לוּ שָׁקוֺל יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי Job 6:2 .

2. be weighed out, as price, Job 28:15.

BDB10012

[תְּקַל] verb weigh ( ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew שָׁקַל , שֶׁקֶל); —

Pe`il Perfect 2 masculine singular תְּקִלְתָּא (W^{CG
224}) Dan 5:27 thou hast been weighed, ב of scales.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke