shekel
IPA: ʃˈɛkʌɫ
noun
- A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
- (slang) Money.
- (historical) An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.
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Examples of "shekel" in Sentences
- It was called shekel, for we were counted in pairs.
- The shekel was the common standard of weight and value among the Hebrews down to the time of the
- Zionist program and pay the annual contribution, known as a shekel, varying from 15 cents to 25 cents in different countries.
- The shekel was the top performer last week among 10 emerging markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa tracked by Bloomberg.
- So the fact that sometimes the shekel is strengthening because the dollar is weakening globally doesn't cut a lot of ice with most Israelis.
- It may be at the same time that the shekel is weakening against the euro and we actually trade more with Europe than we do with the United States.
- So the fact that the shekel is weakening against the euro relative to our exporters is also very important and could be even more important than the dollar.
- The shekel is the fourth- worst performer among major currencies tracked by Bloomberg in Europe, the Middle East and Africa this quarter, after Turkey's lira, Hungary's forint and the Polish zloty.
- The shekel is here settled (v. 13); it is twenty jerahs, just half a Roman ounce, in our money 2s. 4 1/4d. and almost the eighth part of a farthing, as the aforesaid learned man exactly computes it.
- The whole sum, if in shekel weight, did not exceed - L-3. they brought Joseph into Egypt -- There were two routes to Egypt: the one was overland by Hebron, where Jacob dwelt, and by taking which, the fate of his hapless son would likely have reached the paternal ears; the other was directly westward across the country from Dothan to the maritime coast, and in this, the safest and most expeditious way, the merchants carried Joseph to Egypt.
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