noun (masc.) Vayikra 27:6 a weight,
shekel (orig. =
weight; late Hebrew =
coin GACooke
Inscr.356);—absolute
שׁ׳ Amos 8:5 +,
שָׁ֑קֶל Shemos 38:29 +; plural
שְׁקָלִים Yehoshua 7:21 +; construct
שִׁקְלֵי Divrei HaYamim Alef 21:25;—
shekel, as standard weight
Amos 8:5; of weight of bronze armour
Shmuel Alef 17:5, iron spear-head v
Shmuel Alef 17:7, +
Shmuel Beis 21:16 (see
מִשְׁקָל), hair
Shmuel Beis 14:26, food
Yechezkel 4:10; implying value, of wedge of gold
Yehoshua 7:21; of nails in temple (gold)
Divrei HaYamim Beis 3:9; usually a definite weight of silver (used in payment or valuation)
Shemos 21:32,
Yehoshua 7:21,
Shmuel Alef 9:8;
Shmuel Beis 24:24;
Melachim Beis 7:1(×2),
Melachim Beis 7:16(×2),
Melachim Beis 7:18(×2);
Melachim Beis 15:20;
Yirmiya 32:9;
Yechezkel 45:12(×2) (see infra), and (= coin, from time of Darius I)
Nechemia 5:15;
Nechemia 10:33;
Vayikra 5:15;
Vayikra 27:3,
Vayikra 27:4,
Vayikra 27:5(×2) (all P), + 53 times P; also
מַחֲצִית הַשּׁ׳ Shemos 30:13(×2),
Shemos 30:15;
Shemos 38:26 (=
בֶּקַע), all
half-shekel, atonement-money; compare
שְׁלִישִׁית הַשּׁ׳ Nechemia 10:33 one-third; also
רֶבַע שׁ׳ Shmuel Alef 9:8 one-fourth of shekel; שׁ׳ =
Shmuel Alef 9:20 גֵּרָה (
ג׳ otherwise unknown)
Yechezkel 45:12;
Shemos 30:13;
Vayikra 27:25;
Bamidbar 3:47;
Bamidbar 3:50 שׁ׳ = one maneh
Yechezkel 45:12 (read
וַחֲמִשִּׁים for
וחמשׁה [and
עֶשְׂרֵה for
עֲשָׂרָה preceding], Septuagint (Alexandrinus) Boeckh Hitzig-Smend Co Toy Davidson Krae Berthol);
שׁ׳ הַקֹּדֶשׁ Shemos 30:13,
Shemos 30:24;
Vayikra 5:15;
Bamidbar 3:47,
Bamidbar 3:50;
Bamidbar 7:13 + 21 times P; land estimated in
שׁ׳ of gold
Divrei HaYamim Alef 21:25;
שׂ׳ also often om. after num.—
שׁ׳ was of two standards, one one-half the other; actual weights (and values) varied, but most persistent were: (1) gold, 252 2/3 gr. Troy (or 126 1/3), mod. equiv. c. £2 1
s., or $10; (2) silver, 224 1/2 gr. (nearly 1/2 oz.) =
שׁ׳ הַקֹּדֶשׁ (see supra), or 112 1/4, mod. equiv. c. 2
s. 9
d., or 67 c.;
שׁ׳ בְּאֶבֶן הַמֶּלֶךְ Shmuel Beis 14:26 is doubtful; if late (Budde H.P. Smith Löhr Nowack) it probably ref. to a Babylonian or Pers. scale (compare S-C
Pap באבני מלבא often); 60 (or 50)
שׁ׳ = 1 mina, 60 minas = 1 talent (see
מָנֶה,
כִּכָּר). Vid. especially ARSKennedy
Hast.
DB weights and measures, and money.