שֶׁקֶל

שֶׁ֫קֶל₈₇ noun masculine^{3 Mos 27,6} a weight, shekel (originally = weight; late Hebrew = coin GACooke^{Inscr. 356}); — absolute ׳שׁ Amos 8,5 +, שָׁ֑קֶל 2 Mos 38,29 +; plural שְׁקָלִים Jos 7,21 +; construct שִׁקְלֵי 1 Kron 21,25 — shekel, as standard weight Amos 8,5 of weight of bronze armour 1 Sam 17,5, iron spear-head v1 Sam 17,7, +2 Sam 21,16b (see מִשְׁקָל), hair 2 Sam 14,26, food Ezk 4,10 implying value, of wedge of gold Jos 7,21 (JE); of nails in temple (gold) 2 Kron 3,9 usually a definite weight of silver (used in payment. or valuation) 2 Mos 21,32 (E), Jos 7,21 (JE), 1 Sam 9,8; 2 Sam 24,24; 2 Kong 7,1 (twice in verse); 2 Kong 7,16 (twice in verse); 2 Kong 7,18 (twice in verse); 2 Kong 15,20; Jer 32,9; Ezk 45,12 (twice in verse) (see infra), and ( = coin, from time of Darius I) Neh 5,15; Neh 10,33; 3 Mos 5,15; 3 Mos 27,3; 3 Mos 27,4; 3 Mos 27,5 (twice in verse) (all P), +53 t. P; also ׳מַחֲצִית הַשּׁ 2 Mos 30,13 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 30,15; 2 Mos 38,26 (= בֶּקַל), all half-shekel, atonement-money; compare ׳שְׁלִישִׁית הַשּׁ Neh 10,33 one-third; also ׳רֶבַע שׁ 1 Sam 9,8 one-fourth if shekel; ׳שׁ = 20 גֵּרָה (׳ג otherwise unknown) Ezk 45,12; 2 Mos 30,13; 3 Mos 27,25; 4 Mos 3,47 50 ׳שׁ = one maneh Ezk 45,12 (read וַחֲמִשִּׁים for וחמשׁה [and עֶשְׂרֵה for עֲשָׂרָה preceding], ᵐ5A Boeckh Hi-Sm Co Toy Da Krae Berthol); הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳שׁ 2 Mos 30,13; 2 Mos 30,24; 3 Mos 5,15; 4 Mos 3,47; 4 Mos 3,50; 4 Mos 7,13 + 21 t. P; land estimated in ׳שׁ of gold 1 Kron 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 2 Sam 14,26 is dubious; if late (Bu HPS Löhr Now) it probably reference to a Babylonian or Persian scale (compare S-C^pap באבני מלכא often); 60 (or 50) ׳שׁ = 1 mina, 60 minas= 1 talent(see מָנֶה ,כִּכָּר). See especially ARSK^{Hast. DB WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,and MONEY}.