Lexical Definition

‎מִשְׁקָל‎ mishqâl (mish-kawl') weight ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁקַל‎

(full) weight.

• weight (numerically estimated)
• hence, weighing (the act)

1) heaviness, weight

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִשְׁקָל‎ noun masculine id.;; — absolute‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Kgs 25:16+; construct ‎מִשְׁקַל‎ Judg 8:26+; suffix ‎מִשְׁקָלוֺ‎ Gen 24:22+, etc.; — weight Gen 24:22 (twice in verse)(J), Josh 7:21 (JE), Judg 8:26; 1Sam 17:5; 2Sam 12:30; 2Sam 21:16a (2Sam 21:16b read ‎שֶׁקֶל‎ with ᵐ5.[see especially ᵐ5^L] We Dr and modern), 1Kgs 7:47; 1Kgs 10:14; Num 7:13 + 11t. Num 7 (P), 7 t. Chronicles; of wind Job 28:25 ‎בְּמִשְׁקָלוֺ‎ Gen 43:21(J) in its (full) weight t, compare ‎׳‎‎מאֹזְנֵי מ‎ Ezek 5:1 ‎׳‎‎בַּמּ‎ by weight Lev 26:26; 1Chr 28:14 a. 1Chr 28:18 ‎׳‎‎בְּמ‎ id. Ezek 4:16 (of bread), Ezra 8:34; 1Chr 28:14b; 1Chr 28:15 (twice in verse); 1Chr 28:17 (twice in verse); ‎׳‎‎בַּמּ‎ Lev 19:35 in respect to weight, compare ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Chr 28:16 as to weight, in weight; ‎׳‎‎לֹאהָֿיָה מ‎ (i.e. there was too much to be weighed) 2Kgs 25:16 = Jer 52:20,‎׳‎‎אֵתן מ‎ 1Chr 22:3; 1Chr 22:14.

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