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מִשְׁקוֹל

𐤌𐤔𐤒𐤅𐤋

mishqôwl

H4946 noun

SILEX Entry

Root שקל to weigh, measure by weight, pay (by weight)

Definition

Properly, a unit or measure of weight, particularly specified when referring to quantities of metals, goods, or offerings. Refers both to the physical act or measure of weighing and to an established standard of mass, typically silver or gold but also other commodities. In later usage, can denote the weight measured or the object weighed.

Semantic Range

weight (as measured mass), value determined by weight, standard or unit of weight, weighed commodity, result/product of weighing

Root / Etymology

Derived from the root שָׁקַל (שקל), which means 'to weigh, to measure out (by weight), to pay (by weight)'. מִשְׁקוֹל is a noun form indicating the product or result of weighing, hence 'weight' or 'that which has been weighed.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

מִשְׁקוֹל appears sparingly in the Hebrew Bible and is used with reference to the weighing of valuable items or offerings, often in administrative or transactional contexts. In early Israelite society, value was commonly ascribed by weight rather than coinage, especially for metals such as silver or gold. The term overlaps with more common terms such as שֶׁקֶל (shekel) and מִשְׁקָל (mishqal), both also based on the root שקל. מִשְׁקוֹל differs in being less standardized than שֶׁקֶל, which by the monarchy period had become a technical term denoting a specific unit of currency and mass. In priestly and administrative texts, מִשְׁקוֹל can refer to the actual physical mass of an item offered or valued, whereas מִשְׁקָל may refer more generally to the concept or act of weighing. Later translations, and especially English Bibles, tend to render מִשְׁקוֹל simply as 'weight,' but this lacks the nuance of its function as a marker of value in a barter-based economy.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from שָׁקַל; weight; weight.

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Root Family

שקל (sh-q-l) — to weigh, measure by weight, pay by weight

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H4948 מִשְׁקָל by the weight
H4949 מִשְׁקֶלֶת plumb-weight
H8254 שָׁקַל I will weigh out
H8255 שֶׁקֶל by a sheqel-weight
H831 אַשְׁקְלוֹן Ashkelon the Weighing-Place

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H4946-01 בְּ/מִשְׁק֕וֹל bemisheqol HR/Ncmsa by-weight by weight-measure 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H4946-01 Ezekiel 4:10 בְּ/מִשְׁק֕וֹל bemisheqol HR/Ncmsa by-weight by weight-measure
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