שָׁקַל
sha.qal (H8254)
to weigh
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word שָׁקַל (sha.qal) translates to "to weigh." This verb is part of the Cognitive & Perception semantic domain, indicating that it involves sensory experience and perception. In the Bible, the word occurs 22 times, revealing its significance and importance in various contexts. The meaning of weighing can include evaluating, measuring, or determining the value or worth of something, implying a level of discernment and critical thinking. As a verb, שָׁקַל demonstrates a range of usage, from everyday activities like measuring grain (Leviticus 19:35, Deuteronomy 25:13-16) to more nuanced decisions involving moral or spiritual judgments. In the latter case, weighing implies a careful consideration of the consequences or outcomes of a particular action or decision. This aspect of weighing conveys a sense of responsibility and accountability, emphasizing the need for thoughtful consideration in making choices. In the Bible, the repeated occurrence of שָׁקַל underscores its importance in everyday life and decision-making. Through this word, we see that evaluation, discernment, and thoughtful consideration are fundamental aspects of both physical and spiritual existence, underscoring the value of careful thought and reflection in making choices that impact our lives and our relationships with others.
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Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.
If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.
The man said to Joab, “Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn’t stretch out my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Beware that no one touch the young man Absalom.’
As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, “Your servant went out into the middle of the battle; and behold, a man came over, and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man! If by any means he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’
and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered.
I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, one hundred talents of silver vessels; one hundred talents of gold,
Watch and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ households of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the rooms of Yahweh’s house.”
On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levite;
If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
It can’t be gotten for gold, neither will silver be weighed for its price.
Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down— yes, they worship.
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him.
I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.