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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #8254 - שָׁקַל
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2874) lqs (סהקל ShQL) AC: Weigh CO: ? AB: ?
V) lqs (סהקל ShQL) - Weigh: To weigh out, usually of silver for payment. KJV (22): (vf: Paal, Niphal) weigh, pay, throughly, receive, receive, spend - Strongs: H8254 (שָׁקַל)
Nm) lqs (סהקל ShQL) - I. Sheqel:A unit of measurement. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Weighed:[Aramaic only] KJV (91): shekel, tekel, weighted - Strongs: H8255 (שֶׁקֶל), H8625 (תְּקֵל)
hm) lqsm (מסהקל MShQL) - Weight: KJV (49): weight, weigh - Strongs: H4948 (מִשְׁקָל)
hf2) tlqsm (מסהקלת MShQLT) - Plumb: A weighted tool for leveling. KJV (2): plummet - Strongs: H4949 (מִשְׁקֹלֶת)
hcm) lfqsm (מסהקול MShQWL) - Weight: KJV (1): weight - Strongs: H4946 (מִשְׁקוֹל)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
שָׁקַל fut. יִשְׁקֹל, once אֶשְׁקֲלָה (as if from יִשְׁקַל) Jeremiah 32:9 to poise, to weigh (Arab. شقل, more often ثقل, Syr. ܫܘܰܠ and ܬܩܠ id. The primary idea is that of suspending a balance, compare Ethiopic ሰቀለ፡ to suspend, as on a cross. Compare סָלָא, סָלָה, and Lat. pendo, pendeo), Exodus 22:16; 2 Samuel 14:26; Isaiah 40:12. Followed by לְ to weigh out to any one (metals, money), Genesis 23:16; Jeremiah 32:9; Ezra 8:25 followed by עַל יְדֵי Ezra 8:26; Esther 3:9 followed by עַל (to weigh over or into the royal treasuries) Esther 4:7; 2 Samuel 18:12, “although I might weigh a thousand shekels in my hands,” i.e. if they were weighed, counted to me. Figuratively, to weigh, to examine any person, Job 31:6 any thing, Job 6:2.
Niphal, to be weighed, Job 6:2 to be weighed out, Job 28:15; Ezra 8:33.
Derivatives, מִשְׁקָל, מִשְׁקוֹל, מִשְׁקֶלֶת, pr.n. אַשְׁקְלוֹן, and
the Third Week after Epiphany