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Aramaic
Etymology
Related to תְּקַל (təqal, “to weigh”). Cognate with Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šéqel), Arabic ثِقْل (ṯiql).
Noun
תִּקְלָא • (tiqlā) m (absolute תְּקֵל (təqēl))
- shekel/sheqel
Tanach, Daniel 5:25, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וּדְנָה כְתָבָא דִּי רְשִׁים מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין׃- ūḏənā ḵəṯāḇā dī rəšīm mənē mənē təqēl ūp̄arsīn.
- And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN .
Tanach, Daniel 5:27, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:תְּקֵל תְּקִילְתָּ בְמֹאזַנְיָא וְהִשְׁתְּכַחַתְּ חַסִּיר׃- təqēl təqī́ltā ḇəmōzanyā wəhištəḵáḥat ḥassīr.
- TEKEL , Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.