תקלא
Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
Related to תְּקַל (təqal, “to weigh”). Cognate with Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šéqel), Arabic ثِقْل (ṯiql).
Noun edit
תִּקְלָא • (tiqlā) m (absolute תְּקֵל (təqēl))
- shekel/sheqel
- Tanach, Daniel 5:25, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וּדְנָה כְתָבָא דִּי רְשִׁים מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין׃
- ūḏənā ḵəṯāḇā dī rəšīm mənē mənē təqēl ūp̄arsīn.
- And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN [a mina, a mina, a shekel, and half-shekels].
- Tanach, Daniel 5:27, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- תְּקֵל תְּקִילְתָּ בְמֹאזַנְיָא וְהִשְׁתְּכַחַתְּ חַסִּיר׃
- təqēl təqī́ltā ḇəmōzanyā wəhištəḵáḥat ḥassīr.
- TEKEL [shekel], Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.