Numbers 18:16:8Num.18.16.W8TAB
בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל
beshekel
“by the shekel”
- Transliteration
- be-SHE-kel
- Extended
- beh-SHEH-kel
- IPA
- /bəˈʃɛkɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the shekel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-SHE-kel
- phraseyour reading level
be-SHE-kel ha-KO-desh
- 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
Beshekel ha-kodesh {בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ | bəšeḵel haqqōdeš} ‘by a sanctuary shekel’ defines the cultic weight standard.
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 18:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 18:16, so the Hebrew word בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל (beshekel) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.16.W8.S1) and character.