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Amos 8:5

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 Saying לאמר

H4970 When מתי

H5674 be gone יעבר

H2320 will the new moon החדשׁ

H7666 that we may sell ונשׁבירה

H7668 corn שׁבר

H7676 Sabbath והשׁבת

H6605 that we may set forth ונפתחה

H1250 wheat בר

H6994 making the ephah small להקטין

H374 איפה

H1431 great ולהגדיל

H8255 and the shekel שׁקל

H5791 and falsifying ולעות

H3976 the balances מאזני

H4820 by deceit מרמה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H559 Saying

H4970 When

will

the

new

H2320 moon

H5674 gone

that

may

H7666 sell

H7668 corn

and

the

H7676 sabbath

that

may

set

H6605 forth

H1250 wheat

making

the

ephah

H6994 small

and

the

H8255 shekel

H1431 great

and

H5791 falsifying

the

H3976 balances

H4820 deceit

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8255

Hebrew: שֶׁקֶל

Transliteration: sheqel

Pronunciation: sheh'-kel

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: shekel.

Definition:

probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

1. shekel

a. the chief unit of weight or measure

1. gold - 1/10000 of a talent and equal to 220 grains

2. silver - 1/3000 of a talent and equal to 132 grains

3. copper - 1/1500 of a talent and equal to 528 grains

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906