Numbers 18:16:7Num.18.16.W7TAB
שְׁקָלִ֖ים
shekalim
“shekels”
- Transliteration
- she-ka-LIM
- Extended
- sheh-kah-LEEM
- IPA
- /ʃəqaˈlim/
Meaning by language
- English
- shekels
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-ka-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
kha-ME-shet she-ka-LIM
- clause
u-fe-du-YAV mi-BEN-KHO-desh tif-DEH be-er-ke-KHA KE-sef kha-ME-shet she-ka-LIM be-SHE-kel ha-KO-desh
- sentence
u-fe-du-YAV mi-BEN-KHO-desh tif-DEH be-er-ke-KHA KE-sef kha-ME-shet she-ka-LIM be-SHE-kel ha-KO-desh es-RIM ge-RAH HU
Exegesis
The nominal chain kesef chameshet shekalim {כֶּסֶף חֲמֵשֶׁת שְׁקָלִים | keśep ḥāmešet šeqālîm} ‘silver five shekels’ specifies the price in Hebrew numeric order.
Root and etymology
š-q-lShin–Qof–Lamed
“to weigh, measure”
In context — Numbers 18:16
And their redemption price you shall set from a month old, at your valuation , with silver five shekels by the sanctuary shekel ; it is twenty gerahs.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 18:16, so the Hebrew word שְׁקָלִ֖ים (shekalim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.18.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.16.W7.S1) and character.