often); 60 (or 50)
שׁ׳
=
1 mina, 60 minas
=
1 talent (
v.
מָנֶה
, כִּכָּר
). Vid. especially ARSKennedy
HastDB WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
, and
MONEY
.
• מִשְׁקוֹל S 4946 TWOT 2454b GK 5484 n. [ m. ] heaviness, weight ;— בֳּמ׳ Ez 4:10 by weight .
מִשְׁקָל S 4948 TWOT 2454c GK 548649 n.m. id. ;— abs. מ׳ 1 K 25:16 +; cstr. מִשְׁקַל Ju 8:26 +; sf. מִשְׁקָלוֹ Gn 24:22 +, etc.;— weight Gn 24:22 ( ×2 ) ( J ), Jos 7:21 (JE), Ju 8:26 1 S 17:5 2 S 12:3 0; 21:16a ( v 16b read שֶׁקֶל with G [v. especially GL ] We Dr and mod.), 1 K 7:47 ; 10:14 Nu 7:13 + 11 times Nu 7 ( P ), 7 times Chr; of wind Jb 28:25 ; בְּמִשְׁקָלוֹ Gn 43:21 ( J ) in its (full) weight , cf.
מאֹזְנֵי מ׳ Ez 5: 1; בַּמּ׳ by weight Lv 26:26 1 Ch 28:14 a, 18 ; בְּמ׳ id. Ez 4:16 (of bread), Ezr 8:34 1 Ch 28:14 b, 15 (×2), 17 (×2); בַּמּ׳ Lv 19:35 in respect to weight , cf. מ׳ 1 Ch 28:16 as to weight, in weight; לֹא־הָיָה מ׳ (i.e. there was too much to be weighed) 2 K 25:16 = Je 52:2 0, אֵין מ׳ 1 Ch 22: 3, 14 .
• [ מִשְׁקֶ֫לֶת S 4949 TWOT 2454d GK 5487 ], מִשְׁקֹ֫לֶת n.f. levelling instrument, level (for horizontal accuracy);— abs. מִשְׁקָ֑לֶת Is 28:17 ( fig. of צְדָקָה ; || קַי ); cstr. -קֹ֫לֶת , fig., מ׳ בֵּית אַחְאָב 2 K 21:1 3.
•
[
שִׁקְמָה
S
8256
TWOT
2455
GK
9204
]
n.f.
sycomore tree
(
NH id.
, Aramaic
שִׁיקְמָא
, ˜˜˜˜˜˜
(šeqmo), LöwNo. 332; hence Gk.
συκάµινος
,
mulberry
Lewy
Fremdw.
23
)
;—
pl. abs.
שִׁקְמִים
Am 7:14
+;
sf.
שִׁקְמוֹתָם
ψ 78:47
;—
sycamore
,
ficus sycomorus
Linn
(
Tristr
NHB 397 ff. Post
Flora of Syria 730;
HastDB
s.v.
) a common tree
Is 9:9
, growing in the
Sh
ephela
1 K 10:27
=
2 Ch 1:15
=
9:2
7,
1 Ch 27:28
; as property
ψ 78:47
(
||
גֶּפֶן
); בּוֹלֵס שִׁקְמִים
Am 7:14
a tender of sycomores
(
v.
[
בָּלַם
]).
Linn C. Linnaeus ( Carl von Linné ). Tristr H. B. Tritram, Natural History of the Bible; Post G. E. Post, Flora of Syria.