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2 Chronicles 3:9

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Masoretic Text 1524

H4948 And the weight ומשׁקל

H4548 of the nails למסמרות

H8255 shekels לשׁקלים

H2572 was fifty חמשׁים

H2091 of gold זהב

H5944 the upper chambers והעליות

H2645 And he overlaid חפה

H2091 with gold זהב׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

the

H4948 weight

the

H4548 nails

was

H2572 fifty

H8255 shekels

H2091 gold

And

H2645 overlaid

the

upper

H5944 chambers

with

H2091 gold

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