noun (masc.) Leviticus 27:6 a weight,
shekel (orig. =
weight; late Hebrew =
coin GACooke
Inscr.356);—absolute
שׁ׳ Amos 8:5 +,
שָׁ֑קֶל Exodus 38:29 +; plural
שְׁקָלִים Joshua 7:21 +; construct
שִׁקְלֵי I Chronicles 21:25;—
shekel, as standard weight
Amos 8:5; of weight of bronze armour
I Samuel 17:5, iron spear-head v
I Samuel 17:7, +
II Samuel 21:16 (see
מִשְׁקָל), hair
II Samuel 14:26, food
Ezekiel 4:10; implying value, of wedge of gold
Joshua 7:21; of nails in temple (gold)
II Chronicles 3:9; usually a definite weight of silver (used in payment or valuation)
Exodus 21:32,
Joshua 7:21,
I Samuel 9:8;
II Samuel 24:24;
II Kings 7:1(×2),
II Kings 7:16(×2),
II Kings 7:18(×2);
II Kings 15:20;
Jeremiah 32:9;
Ezekiel 45:12(×2) (see infra), and (= coin, from time of Darius I)
Nehemiah 5:15;
Nehemiah 10:33;
Leviticus 5:15;
Leviticus 27:3,
Leviticus 27:4,
Leviticus 27:5(×2) (all P), + 53 times P; also
מַחֲצִית הַשּׁ׳ Exodus 30:13(×2),
Exodus 30:15;
Exodus 38:26 (=
בֶּקַע), all
half-shekel, atonement-money; compare
שְׁלִישִׁית הַשּׁ׳ Nehemiah 10:33 one-third; also
רֶבַע שׁ׳ I Samuel 9:8 one-fourth of shekel; שׁ׳ =
I Samuel 9:20 גֵּרָה (
ג׳ otherwise unknown)
Ezekiel 45:12;
Exodus 30:13;
Leviticus 27:25;
Numbers 3:47;
Numbers 3:50 שׁ׳ = one maneh
Ezekiel 45:12 (read
וַחֲמִשִּׁים for
וחמשׁה [and
עֶשְׂרֵה for
עֲשָׂרָה preceding], Septuagint (Alexandrinus) Boeckh Hitzig-Smend Co Toy Davidson Krae Berthol);
שׁ׳ הַקֹּדֶשׁ Exodus 30:13,
Exodus 30:24;
Leviticus 5:15;
Numbers 3:47,
Numbers 3:50;
Numbers 7:13 + 21 times P; land estimated in
שׁ׳ of gold
I Chronicles 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 II Samuel 14:26 is doubtful; if late (Budde HPS Löhr Nowack) it probably ref. to a Bab. 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.