Etymology?:
from šāqal שָׁקַל ‘to weigh’
Roots:
שׁקל
šeqel n, m
1) shekel
1a) the chief unit of weight or measure
1a1) gold-1/10000 of a talent and equal to 220 grains
1a2) silver-1/3000 of a talent and equal to 132 grains
1a3) copper-1/1500 of a talent and equal to 528 grains
Mentioned in Genesis 23:16, 23:15 Exodus 21:32, 38:25, 38:26, 38:29, 30:15, 30:13, 38:24, 30:24 Codex Leviticus 27:16, 5:15, 27:4, 27:5, 27:6, 27:7, 27:3, 27:25 Numbers 7:13, 7:19, 7:25, 7:31, 7:37, 7:43, 7:49, 7:55, 7:61, 7:67, 7:73, 7:79, 7:85, 3:50, 31:52, 18:16, 3:47, 7:86 Joshua 7:21 1 Samuel 9:8, 17:5, 17:7 2 Samuel 14:26, 24:24 2 Kings 15:20, 7:18, 7:1, 7:16 Jeremiah 32:9 Ezekiel 4:10, 45:12 Amos 8:5 Nehemiah 5:15, 10:33 1 Chronicles 21:25 2 Chronicles 3:9