1) to weigh, weigh out, pay out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to weigh 1a2) to weigh out (a price) 1a3) of grief (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be weighed 1b2) to be weighed out Aramaic equivalent: te.qal (תְּקַל "to weigh" H8625A)
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H8254 — שָׁקַל
sha.qal · to weigh · Hebrew/Aramaic
21 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 23:16 · וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤לAbraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.Exodus 22:17 · יִשְׁקֹ֔לIf her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.2 Samuel 14:26 · וְשָׁקַל֙And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.2 Samuel 18:12 · שֹׁקֵ֤לThe man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’1 Kings 20:39 · תִּשְׁקֽוֹל׃As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’Ezra 8:25 · וָאֶשְׁקֳלָ֣הand I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.Ezra 8:26 · וָאֶשְׁקֲלָ֨הI weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, articles of silver weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,Ezra 8:29 · תִּשְׁקְל֡וּGuard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”Ezra 8:33 · נִשְׁקַ֣לOn the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.Esther 3:9 · אֶשְׁקוֹל֙If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”Esther 4:7 · לִ֠שְׁקוֹלand Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.Job 6:2 · שָׁק֣וֹל · יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.Job 28:15 · יִ֝שָּׁקֵ֗לIt cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.Job 31:6 · יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִיlet God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.Isaiah 33:18 · שֹׁקֵ֔לYour mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”Isaiah 40:12 · וְשָׁקַ֤לWho has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?Isaiah 46:6 · יִשְׁקֹ֑לוּThey pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.Isaiah 55:2 · תִשְׁקְלוּ־Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.Jeremiah 32:9 · וָֽאֶשְׁקֲלָה־So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.Jeremiah 32:10 · וָאֶשְׁקֹ֥לI signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.Zechariah 11:12 · וַיִּשְׁקְל֥וּThen I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.