שקל

Aramaic

Verb

שקל • (transliteration needed)

  1. to take, to remove

Descendants
  • → North Levantine Arabic: شقل (šaʔal)

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
שׁ־ק־ל (š-q-l)

From the root שׁ־ק־ל (sh-q-l), in the pa`ál conjugation. From Proto-Semitic *ṯql (“to weigh; burden, weight”); cognate with Arabic ثقل and Aramaic תקל.

Pronunciation

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Verb

שָׁקַל • (shakál) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִשְׁקַל)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to weigh, weigh in
  2. (transitive) to weigh, ponder, contemplate
Conjugation
Conjugation of שָׁקַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לשקול / לִשְׁקֹל
  • action noun: שְׁקִילָה
  • passive participle: שָׁקוּל
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שָׁקַלְתִּישָׁקַלְנוּ
second שָׁקַלְתָּשָׁקַלְתְּשְׁקַלְתֶּם1שְׁקַלְתֶּן1
third שָׁקַלשָׁקְלָהשָׁקְלוּ
present שׁוֹקֵלשׁוֹקֶלֶתשׁוֹקְלִיםשׁוֹקְלוֹת
future first אשקול / אֶשְׁקֹלנשקול / נִשְׁקֹל
second תשקול / תִּשְׁקֹלתִּשְׁקְלִיתִּשְׁקְלוּתשקולנה / תִּשְׁקֹלְנָה2
third ישקול / יִשְׁקֹלתשקול / תִּשְׁקֹליִשְׁקְלוּתשקולנה / תִּשְׁקֹלְנָה2
imperative שקול / שְׁקֹלשִׁקְלִישִׁקְלוּשקולנה / שְׁקֹלְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced שָׁקַלְתֶּם and שָׁקַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
Further reading

Etymology 2
Root
שׁ־ק־ל (š-q-l)

From the root שׁ־ק־ל (sh-q-l, “weigh”) (compare English pound and Spanish lira and peso, terms related to weight that turned into names of currencies).

Pronunciation

Noun

שֶׁקֶל • (shékel) m (plural indefinite שְׁקָלִים, singular construct שֶׁקֶל־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. sheqel, the name of Israel's currency unit since 24 February 1980.
  2. (historical) shekel, unit of weight used throughout the Fertile Crescent, especially in commercial transactions (corresponds to 11.33 grams in the Judean system of measurement of the 8-6th centuries BCE).
  3. (historical) a currency unit in the monetary system used in the Levant region around the beginning of the Common Era.
Declension
Declension of שֶׁקֶל
NumberIsolated formsWith possessive pronouns
StateFormPersonsingularplural
m.f.m.f.
singularindefinite שֶׁקֶל first שִׁקְלִישִׁקְלֵנוּ
definite הַשֶּׁקֶל second שִׁקְלְךָשִׁקְלֵךְשִׁקְלְכֶםשִׁקְלְכֶן
construct שֶׁקֶל־ third שִׁקְלוֹשִׁקְלָהּשִׁקְלָםשִׁקְלָן
pluralindefinite שְׁקָלִים first שקליי / שְׁקָלַישְׁקָלֵינוּ
definite הַשְּׁקָלִים second שְׁקָלֶיךָשקלייך / שְׁקָלַיִךְשִׁקְלֵיכֶםשִׁקְלֵיכֶן
construct שִׁקְלֵי־ third שְׁקָלָיושְׁקָלֶיהָשִׁקְלֵיהֶםשִׁקְלֵיהֶן
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew שקל (shékel).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛkɫ̩/

Noun

שקל • (shekl) m, plural שקלים (shkolem)

  1. shekel (current and ancient coin used in Israel)
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