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title: תְּקַל — weigh · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: תְּקַל (lemma:תְּקַל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: weigh. BDB 1906: vb. weigh Peʿîl. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּקַל

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«תְּקַל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **weigh** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:תְּקַל · **BDB:** תְּקַל

### Glosses

you.have.been.weighed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weigh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e7_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. weigh Peʿîl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e7_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. weigh (𝔗 Syriac; BH שָׁקַל, שֶׁקֶל);—Peʿîl Pf. 2 ms. תְּקִלְתָּא (WCG 224) Dn 5:27 thou hast been weighed, ב of scales.

### Jastrow 1903

תְּקַל I: to weigh Ithpe. to be weighed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e7_5b7_5dc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** \= h. שָׁקַל, to weigh. Targ. Gen. XXIII, 16. Targ. Is. XLVI, 6; a. fr.—\[Targ. Job VI, 2, V. Ithpe.\]—Part. pass. תָּקִיל; pl. תְּקִילִין. Targ. Is. XL, 12 מִתְקַל תְּקִילִין (ed. Wil. מַתְקַל תַּקִילִין, corr. acc.); a. e.—B. Kam. 119ᵃ רב חסדא … דהוה תָקֵיל ויהיב תקיל ושקיל Rab Ḥ. had a tenant who weighed and gave, weighed and took (i.e. who was very close in settling; oth. opin. who took one-half of the produces, instead of the customary one-third). B. Mets. 44ᵇ טבין ותקילין in good and full-weight Denars. same.—\[Targ. Is. XL, 12, v. supra.\]—Y. Shebi. IV, end, 35ᶜ מַתְקל גושיא weighed the clods (of the holy land); v. כֶּיפָא I. (אִתְקַל) to be weighed. Targ. Job VI, 2. Ib. XXVIII, 15; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּקַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e7_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.27/)

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תְּקֵ֑ל תְּקִ֥ילְתָּה בְמֹֽאזַנְיָ֖א וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַתְּ חַסִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* teqel you.have.been.weighed in the scales and you.have.been.found lacking

*JPS 1917:* TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

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