shekel
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shekel
- /ˈʃɛkəl/
Rhymes with -ɛkəl
Where it comes from
From Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel, “shekel”), from שָׁקַל (shakál, “to weigh”), from Akkadian 𒂅 (šiqlum).
noun shekels · shekel · shekalim · sheqel
- A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
- Money. Her gownlet cost five hundred beans; / Her furs, four figures in a row; / Her hat removed from papa's jeans / A hundred shekels more or so.
- An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina. And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
Translations
Talk about this word "shekel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shekel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shekel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shekel "shekel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shekel.Cite this
@misc{shekel_2026,
title = {shekel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shekel},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
