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2 Kings 7:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3318 went out ויצא

H5971 And the people העם

H962 and spoiled ויבזו

H853 את

H4264 the tents מחנה

H758 of the Syrians ארם

H1961 was ויהי

H5429 So a measure סאה

H5560 of fine flour סלת

H8255 sold for a shekel בשׁקל

H5429 and two measures וסאתים

H8184 of barley שׂערים

H8255 for a shekel בשׁקל

H1697 according to the word כדבר

H3068 of the LORD יהוה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

the

H5971 people

went

H3318 out

and

H962 spoiled

the

H4264 tents

the

H758 Syrians

H5429 measure

fine

H5560 flour

H1961 was

sold

for

H8255 shekel

and

two

H5429 measures

H8184 barley

for

H8255 shekel

according

the

H1697 word

the

H3068 LORD

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8255

Hebrew: שֶׁקֶל

Transliteration: sheqel

Pronunciation: sheh'-kel

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: shekel.

Definition:

probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

1. shekel

a. the chief unit of weight or measure

1. gold - 1/10000 of a talent and equal to 220 grains

2. silver - 1/3000 of a talent and equal to 132 grains

3. copper - 1/1500 of a talent and equal to 528 grains

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906