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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gerah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ger-ah
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Hebrew גֵּרָה (gerá, “twentieth of a shekel”, literally “cud”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: גֵּרָה

Inflected Forms

gerahs (plural)

Questions

What does gerah mean?
An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
Where does gerah come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce gerah

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