The answer is bekah.
It's five letters, ending in H. A bekah is half a shekel, which was an ancient unit of weight and currency.
A Biblical Shekel was about half an ounce.
A bekah is an ancient unit of mass equal to half a shekel.
A beka is an ancient unit of mass equal to half a shekel.
8ounce of silver or about $17. us dollars
A biblical half-shekel is the equivalent today of 1/4 oz. of silver. To estimate the dollar value, check what an oz. of silver is trading at on the market and then divide by 4 for your answer. Type your answer here...
Money in Hebrew is called Kesef (כסף).The currency used in Israel is the New Israeli Shekel (NIS).In Hebrew it is called Shekel Chadash (שקל חדש) or Shekel (שקל) for short.Shekels are printed on notes or bills of 200, 100, 50 and 20 Shekalim (שקלים).They are also minted in 10, 5 and 2 Shekalim coins as well as 1 Shekel coins.A Shekel is composed of 100 Arugot (ארוגות).Arugot are minted in 50 and 10 Arugot coins.The 50 Arugot coin is called a Half Shekel or Chatzi Shekel (חצי שקל).
Israel's currency is the NIS or New Israeli Sheqel. The Sheqel is currently worth approximately $0.27 USD. Note: The NIS is also used in most areas of Gaza and the West Bank as there is no formal Palestinian Bank, but Jordanian Dinars are also in some circulation in the West Bank.
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Today's price is - for silver -A shekel which is approximately half an ounce or 14.17 grammes.At current market rates this is worth £2.83.It will go up or down according to World prices for silver,
Not only the price of silver has changed, but also the purchasing power of its equivalent value. To answer the question, in ancient times a person could live, sparsely, on one shekel per month. A simple full garment could be had, even in Talmud times, for one-quarter-shekel.
By counting an object, such as a one-half shekel coin given by each person (Exodus ch.30).
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