shekel
/ˈʃɛkəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.
Example Sentences
- "So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver."
- ""Beauty is naught to him, because there are lips more honey-sweet; and wealth is naught, because others can weigh him down with heavier shekels; and fame is naught, because there have been greater men than he.""
- "“I sent the same amount I normally transfer and went to pick it up. It was about 300 shekels short. I said something to the cashier, like, ‘I think you gave me the wrong rate,’” HaBahiyir recalled. “That’s when I realized the shekel was strengthening.”"
- "Her gownlet cost five hundred beans; / Her furs, four figures in a row; / Her hat removed from papa's jeans / A hundred shekels more or so."
- "[…] after the 1887-9 campaign was the great refuge of the destitute who, as they could not hope to rake in a breast-full of medals and decorations, expected, at any rate, to amass a good few shekels."
- "The mob had filched anything that might earn them a shekel or two."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: שֶׁקֶל, šiqlum