Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: be-ka
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an ancient Biblical unit of weight, half a shekel

Etymology

From Hebrew בֶּקַע (beqáʿ, “half-sheqel”, literally “broken”).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: בֶּקַע

Inflected Forms

bekas (plural) bekah (alternative)

Questions

What does beka mean?: an ancient Biblical unit of weight, half a shekel
Where does beka come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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