shekels

«shekels» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The plural of shekel, an ancient weight of silver and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

The plural of shekel, an ancient weight of silver and unit of money. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Shekels count the value of gifts, fines and offerings, such as the silver for the sanctuary.

examples

• one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense; (Torah NUM.7.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels. (Torah LEV.27.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels. (Torah EXO.38.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. (Writings 2CH.3.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. (Writings 1CH.21.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. (Prophets 1KI.10.16, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• 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.
• one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
• one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
• one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shekels» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.