עַל־כַּפַּי 2 S 18:12 (read perhaps שָׁקֻל , so We Kit Kau Bu Buh l), עַל־יְדֵי פ׳ Est 3:9 , עַל־גִּנְזֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ 4: 7. Niph. be weighed: 1. Pf. 3 ms. נִשְׁקַל , subj. rei Ezr 8:33 ( pass. of Qal v 25 f .); Impf. 3 ms. fig. ( + Qal Inf. abs .), יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי לוּ שָׁקוֹל Jb 6: 2. 2. be weighted out , as price, 28:15 .
שֶׁ֫קֶל S 8255 TWOT 2454a GK 920387 n.m. Lv 27:6 a weight, shekel ( orig. = weight; late Heb. = coin GACooke Inscr. 356) ;— abs. שׁ׳ Am 8:5 +, שָׁ֑קֶל Ex 38:29 +; pl. שְׁקָלִים Jos 7:21 +; cstr. שִׁקְלֵי 1 Ch 21:2 5;— shekel , as standard weight Am 8:5 ; of weight of bronze armour 1 S 17:5 , iron spear-head v 7, + 2 S 21:16b ( v. מִשְׁקָל ), hair 2 S 14:26 , food Ez 4:10 ; implying value, of wedge of gold Jos 7:21 (JE); of nails in temple (gold) 2 Ch 3:9 ; usually a definite weight of silver (used in payment or valuation) Ex 21:32 ( E ), Jos 7:21 (JE), 1 S 9:8 2 S 24:24 2 K 7:1 (×2), 16 (×2), 18 (×2); 15:20 Je 32:9 Ez 45:12 (×2) ( v. infra), and ( = coin, from time of Darius I) Ne 5:15 ; 10:33 Lv 5:1 5; 27:3 , 4 , 5 (×2) (all P ), + 53 times P ; also
מַחֲצִית הַשּׁ׳ Ex 30:13 ( ×2 ) , 15 ; 38:26 ( = בֶּקַע ), all 8, atonement-money; cf.
שְׁלִישִׁית הַשּׁ׳
Ne 10:33
one-third;
also
רֶבַע שׁ׳
1 S 9:8
one-fourth of shekel;
שׁ׳
=
20
גֵּרָה
(ג׳
otherwise unknown)
Ez 45:12 Ex 30:13 Lv 27:25 Nu 3:47
;
50
שׁ׳
=
one maneh
Ez 45:12
(read
וַחֲמִשִּׁים
for וחמשׁה
[and עֶשְׂרֵה
for
עֲשָׂרָה
preceding],
G
A
Boeckh
Hi
-
Sm Co
Toy
Da Krae Bertho
l);
שׁ׳ הַקֹּדֶשׁ
Ex 30:1
3,
24 Lv 5:15 Nu 3:4
7,
50
;
7:13
+
21 times
P
; land estimated in
שׁ׳
of gold
1 Ch 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
(v. supra), or 112 1/4, mod. equiv.
c.
2
s.
9
d.
, or 67
c.
;
שׁ׳ בְּאֶבֶן הַמֶּלֶךְ
2 S 14:26
is
dub.
; if late (
Bu HPS
Löhr
Now
) it prob. ref. to a
Bab.
or
Pers.
scale (
cf.
S-C
Pap. באבני מלבא
Kau E. Kautzsch. GACooke (usually) G. A. Cooke, North Semitic Inscriptions Da A. B. Davidson.
Bab. Babylonian. Pers. Persian. S-C A. H. Sayce and A. E. Cowley, Aram. Papyri.