שקל
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שקל¹
- /ʃaːˈqal/
- /ʃaˈkal/ Modern Israeli
Rhymes with -al
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ṯql (“to weigh; burden, weight”); cognate with Arabic ثقل and Aramaic תקל.
verb שָׁקַל · shakál · נִשְׁקַל · לשקול · לִשְׁקֹל · שְׁקִילָה
- to weigh, weigh in
- to weigh, ponder, contemplate
שקל²
- /ˈʃeqel/
- /ˈʃekel/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
From the root שׁ־ק־ל (sh-q-l, “weigh”) (compare English pound and Spanish lira and peso, terms related to weight that turned into names of currencies).
noun שֶׁקֶל · shékel · שְׁקָלִים · שֶׁקֶל־ · שִׁקְלִי
- shekel, the name of Israel's currency unit since 24 February 1980.
- shekel, unit of weight used throughout the Fertile Crescent, especially in commercial transactions (corresponds to 11.33 grams in the Judean system of measurement of the 8-6th centuries BCE).
- a currency unit in the monetary system used in the Levant region around the beginning of the Common Era.
In English
Talk about this word "שקל." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%9C. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. שקל. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%9C "שקל." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%9C.Cite this
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