shekel
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
An ancient Hebrew weight of silver and also a unit of money. About twenty gerahs made one shekel. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The "shekel of the sanctuary" was the standard weight used for offerings, valuations and the census payment. Later Jews gave a half-shekel yearly for the Temple, and this is remembered each year before Purim. Interpretation: The rabbis took the half-shekel to teach that everyone counts equally, rich or poor.
examples
- and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. (Torah EXO.30.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. (Torah LEV.27.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them — the shekel is twenty gerahs. (Torah NUM.3.47, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, ten, and five shekels, shall be your maneh. (Prophets EZK.45.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. (Prophets 2KI.7.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; (Writings NEH.10.33, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.
- And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
- And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
- And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
- one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
Trees and pragmatics
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