shekel

Signification (Anglais)

1. A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
2. (slang) Money.
3. (historical) An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.

Concepts

shekel

sicle

shekel ’hadash

Synonymes

sheqel

coin

🪙

shequel

Traductions

Sekel

Schekel

servet

siclo

shekel

miskal

sikkel

شاقل

para

💸

siclo

shekel

shekel

siclo

shekel

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʃɛkəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel, “shekel”), from שָׁקַל (shakál, “to weigh”), from Akkadian 𒂅 (šiqlum).