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sheq·el

also shek·el (shĕk′əl)

n. pl. sheq·al·im (shĕk′ə-lĭm) also shekels

See Table at currency.

[Hebrew šeqel; see shekel.]

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shekel

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Chapter Four discusses changes in the true value of the five sheqels given in the redemption of the firstborn.

Time and Life Cycle in Talmud and Midrash: Socio-Anthropological Perspectives

One example can serve as a semantic key: [23] PN 2 1/2 siqil kaspam summa susqulu[m] susqili summa umma su-ma ul asaqqal ..."If (it is possible) to make PN pay 2 1/2 sheqels (of) silver, make (him) pay; if he says 'I don't want to pay ..." (9, 33: 14-17)

Syntactic marginalia in Old Babylonian

Another closely related example comes from the laws of Esnunna (mentioned by Stol 1976: 105): [17] awilum 1 siqil kaspam ana esedi ana agrim [li]ddin-ma summa ressu la ukil-ma [e]sedam esedam la isissu 10 siqil kaspam isaqqal [Shou]ld a man give one sheqel (of) silver for a hired hand for harvest, if (the hired hand) was not at his disposal and (as a result) could not harvest for him the harvest, he will pay ten sheqels (of) silver.