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# shekel

«shekel» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **An ancient Hebrew weight of silver and also a unit of money** — 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

An ancient Hebrew weight of silver and also a unit of money. About twenty gerahs made one shekel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shekel/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shekel/#x1)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shekel/#x2)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shekel/#x3)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shekel/#x4)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shekel/#x5)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shekel/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.912/)
- [And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1181/)
- [And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.838/)
- [And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.859/)
- [one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.261/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shekel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shekel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.