שָׁקַל

vb. weigh (NH id.; Arabic ثَقُلَ be heavy, ثِقَلٌ heaviness, weight, ثَقَلٌ load, Old Aramaic תקל weigh, Aramaic תְּקַל, ܬܩܰܠ (weigh), pay, תִּקְלָא shekel, but also (Old Aramaic Zinj.) שקל, שקלן Lzb382; ܫܩܰܠ lift up; Assyrian šaḳâlu, weigh, šiḳlu (appar.) = שֶׁקֶל; Ethiopic ሰቀለ: hang up, weigh; Ph. משקל weight; cf. Frä202, also Gk. σίγλος (𝔊 σίκλος), LagM ii.357 LewyFremdw.118f.;—on connex. of meanings cf. weigh trans. and intrans. = Germ. wägen, wiegen, also heave, heavy, heft (= weight, obs. or colloq.));— Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ 2 S 14:26; Is 40:12; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁקֹל Ex 22:16, sf. יִשְׁקְלֵ֫נִי Jb 31:6, etc.; Inf. abs. שָׁקוֹל Jb 6:2; cstr. לִשְׁקוֹל Est 4:7; Pt. act. שֹׁקֵל Is 33:18; 2 S 18:12 read perhaps שָׁקֻל, v. infr.; weigh, human subj. Is 33:18, acc. rei 2 S 14:26; Is 46:6 (ב of scale); fig., י׳ subj. Is 40:12, also (acc. pers.) Jb 31:6 (both c. ב of scale); cf. Inf. abs. sub Niph.; weigh precious metals intrusted to one, ל pers. Ezr 8:25, עַל־יָדָם v 26, acc. rei om. v 29 (לִפְנֵי of superior). weigh out a price (i.e. pay): acc. of silver Ex 22:16 (E), 1 K 20:39 Zc 11:12 Je 32:10 (ב of scale), Is 55:2 (c. ב, in exchange for); + ל pers. Je 32:9; Gn 23:16 (P); + עַל־כַּפַּי 2 S 18:12 (read perhaps שָׁקֻל, so We KitKau Bu Buhl), עַל־יְדֵי פ׳ Est 3:9, עַל־גִּנְזֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ 4:7. be weighed: Pf. 3 ms. נִשְׁקַל, subj. rei Ezr 8:33 (pass. of Qal v 25f.); Impf. 3 ms. fig. (+ Qal Inf. abs.), לוּ שָׁקוֹל יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי Jb 6:2. be weighed out, as price, 28:15.