Lexical Definition

‎בֶּקַע‎ beqaʻ (beh'-kah) bekah ^H:N-M
from ‎בָּקַע‎

bekah, half a shekel.

• a section (half) of ashekel, i.e. a beka (a weight and a coin)

1) half, part also called "shekel of the sanctuary" or "holy shekel"
2) half a shekel (meton) There appears to be at least three different shekels, one of silver, gold and copper. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment of the subject.

See Greek: δραχμή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֶּ֫קַע‎ noun [masculine] fraction, half, i.e. half-shekel, a weight; ‎בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֺ‎ Gen 24:22, compare Hesychius in Lag^{Ges. Abh 199, 1. 18} βακαίον [Lag βέκαον] μέρον τι; see also ‎בֶּקַע‎ Exod 38:26 (= ‎מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל‎).

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