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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 1Sam 17:7, +2Sam 21:16b (see מִשְׁקָל ), hair 2Sam 14:26, food Ezek 4:10 implying value, of wedge of gold Josh 7:21 ( J E ); 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 ( J E ), 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], ᵐ5 A 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.