shekels

שֶׁקֶלm. (b. h.; שָׁקַל) ( weight, Shekel, a coin; ש׳ הקדש the sacred Sh., twenty Gerah or Mʿah, twice the weight of the common Shekel (v. סֶלַע). Bekh.VIII, 7 (49b) כולם בש׳ הק׳ all these definitions refer to the sacred Sh. Ib. 50a B. Bath.9a שלישית הש׳ one-third of a Sh. (Neh. 10:33); a. fr.Esp. (מחצית הש׳, Ex. 30:13) the head-tax for the Temple. Ned.IV, 2 שִׁקְלֹו, v. שָׁקַל. Shek. II, 3 הרי אלו לשִׁקְלִי these coins are designated for my contribution as head-tax; שאביא מהן לשקלי that I will offer my head-tax out of them; a. fr.Pl. שְׁקָלִים. Ib. I, 1, v. שָׁמַע. Ib. II, 1, v. דַּרְכּוֹן. Meg.13b גלוי … לשקול ש׳ … הקדים שִׁקְלַיהֶן לשְׁקָלָיווכ׳ it was known before God that Haman would, at some future day, pay Shekels for the destruction of Israel, therefore He made their Shekels (contributions to the sanctuary) to precede his Shekels, this is why we are told (Shek. I, 1), ‘on the first of Adar ; a. fr. Shḳalim (Shek.), name of a treatise, of the Order of Moʿed, of Mishnah, Tosefta, and Talmud Yrushalmi.

שֶׁקֶלm. (b. h.; שָׁקַל) ( weight, Shekel, a coin; ש׳ הקדש the sacred Sh., twenty Gerah or Mʿah, twice the weight of the common Shekel (v. סֶלַע). Bekh.VIII, 7 (49b) כולם בש׳ הק׳ all these definitions refer to the sacred Sh. Ib. 50a B. Bath.9a שלישית הש׳ one-third of a Sh. (Neh. 10:33); a. fr.Esp. (מחצית הש׳, Ex. 30:13) the head-tax for the Temple. Ned.IV, 2 שִׁקְלֹו, v. שָׁקַל. Shek. II, 3 הרי אלו לשִׁקְלִי these coins are designated for my contribution as head-tax; שאביא מהן לשקלי that I will offer my head-tax out of them; a. fr.Pl. שְׁקָלִים. Ib. I, 1, v. שָׁמַע. Ib. II, 1, v. דַּרְכּוֹן. Meg.13b גלוי … לשקול ש׳ … הקדים שִׁקְלַיהֶן לשְׁקָלָיווכ׳ it was known before God that Haman would, at some future day, pay Shekels for the destruction of Israel, therefore He made their Shekels (contributions to the sanctuary) to precede his Shekels, this is why we are told (Shek. I, 1), ‘on the first of Adar ; a. fr. Shḳalim (Shek.), name of a treatise, of the Order of Moʿed, of Mishnah, Tosefta, and Talmud Yrushalmi.

Mo|ne|ten [mo'neːtn] bread sing (inf), dough sing (inf)

סֶלַעm. (b. h.; Arab. salʿa, to cleave) 1) rock, clod, boulder. Tosef.B. Bath.I, 1 בס׳ הבא בידים if there is (between the two pits) a clod which crumbles under ones hands; B. Bath.17b; 19a. Orl. I, 3 אילן שנעקר והס׳ עמו if a tree has been uprooted with the clod on its roots; a. fr.Pl. סְלָעִים, סְלָעִין. B. Bath.II, 1 מרחיקין … את הס׳וכ׳ deposits of stones (or earth) must be kept off the neighbors wall ; Y.Sabb.IV, 6d bot. לא שהס׳ מרתיחיןוכ׳ not because they generate heat, but because they generate mould and ruin the wall. B. Bath. l. c. תנא הכא ס׳ והוא הדין לחול the Mishnah mentions stones and implies sand. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 ס׳ כמין שדים rocks protruding like breasts; a. fr. 2) pl. as ab. scales on the bodies of serpents. Tanḥ. Mtsorʿa 2 הס׳ שהן על הנחשוכ׳ the scales on the serpents back are its leprosy. 3) Sela, a weight and a coin equal to one sacred or two common Shekels (v. Zuckerm. Talm. Münz., pp. 9; 2 4). Kel. XII, 7 ס׳ שנפסלהוכ׳ a Sela which has been unfitted (as a coin) and which has been fitted up for use as a weight. Bekh.50a ס׳ של קדשוכ׳ the sacred S. contains 48 dupondia. Ib. כל כסף האמור בתורה סתם ס׳ every silver piece mentioned in the Pentateuch without any qualification means a S. Ib. b (ref. to B. Kam.VIII, 6) ולא תימא ס׳ ארבע זוזיוכ׳ think not that the Mishnah means a S. of four Zuz, but it means half a Zuz, for people call half a Zuz a Sela (split, cmp. בֶּקַע); B. Kam.36b ס׳ צורי a Tyrian S.; ס׳ מדינה a country S. (one eighth of a Tyrian S., half a Zuz; v. supra); a. v. fr.In gen. coin. Sabb.VI, 6 ס׳ שעל הצינית a coin placed on a sore of the foot. Ab. Zar.54b ס׳ שלי my (the Lords) coin (divine image of man), v. פּוּמְבִּי.Pl. as ab. Y. Sabb. l. c. תיפתר בס׳ של כסף it means slaʿim (coins) of silver; בשל זהבוכ׳ golden, copper slaʿim. Keth.V, 9 משקל חמשה ס׳ שתיוכ׳ warp of the weight of five S. in Judaea which is equal to ten S. in Galilee Y.Kidd.I, 59d bot., a. e. כל שקלים … ס׳ all Shekels mentioned in the Pentateuch mean S., v. supra; a. fr.Tosef.Ukts.I, 2 (Tbul Yom III) ס׳ של שבלים, v. מֵלַע.

סֶלַעm. (b. h.; Arab. salʿa, to cleave) 1) rock, clod, boulder. Tosef.B. Bath.I, 1 בס׳ הבא בידים if there is (between the two pits) a clod which crumbles under ones hands; B. Bath.17b; 19a. Orl. I, 3 אילן שנעקר והס׳ עמו if a tree has been uprooted with the clod on its roots; a. fr.Pl. סְלָעִים, סְלָעִין. B. Bath.II, 1 מרחיקין … את הס׳וכ׳ deposits of stones (or earth) must be kept off the neighbors wall ; Y.Sabb.IV, 6d bot. לא שהס׳ מרתיחיןוכ׳ not because they generate heat, but because they generate mould and ruin the wall. B. Bath. l. c. תנא הכא ס׳ והוא הדין לחול the Mishnah mentions stones and implies sand. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 ס׳ כמין שדים rocks protruding like breasts; a. fr. 2) pl. as ab. scales on the bodies of serpents. Tanḥ. Mtsorʿa 2 הס׳ שהן על הנחשוכ׳ the scales on the serpents back are its leprosy. 3) Sela, a weight and a coin equal to one sacred or two common Shekels (v. Zuckerm. Talm. Münz., pp. 9; 2 4). Kel. XII, 7 ס׳ שנפסלהוכ׳ a Sela which has been unfitted (as a coin) and which has been fitted up for use as a weight. Bekh.50a ס׳ של קדשוכ׳ the sacred S. contains 48 dupondia. Ib. כל כסף האמור בתורה סתם ס׳ every silver piece mentioned in the Pentateuch without any qualification means a S. Ib. b (ref. to B. Kam.VIII, 6) ולא תימא ס׳ ארבע זוזיוכ׳ think not that the Mishnah means a S. of four Zuz, but it means half a Zuz, for people call half a Zuz a Sela (split, cmp. בֶּקַע); B. Kam.36b ס׳ צורי a Tyrian S.; ס׳ מדינה a country S. (one eighth of a Tyrian S., half a Zuz; v. supra); a. v. fr.In gen. coin. Sabb.VI, 6 ס׳ שעל הצינית a coin placed on a sore of the foot. Ab. Zar.54b ס׳ שלי my (the Lords) coin (divine image of man), v. פּוּמְבִּי.Pl. as ab. Y. Sabb. l. c. תיפתר בס׳ של כסף it means slaʿim (coins) of silver; בשל זהבוכ׳ golden, copper slaʿim. Keth.V, 9 משקל חמשה ס׳ שתיוכ׳ warp of the weight of five S. in Judaea which is equal to ten S. in Galilee Y.Kidd.I, 59d bot., a. e. כל שקלים … ס׳ all Shekels mentioned in the Pentateuch mean S., v. supra; a. fr.Tosef.Ukts.I, 2 (Tbul Yom III) ס׳ של שבלים, v. מֵלַע.

קָדַם(b. h.) (to bend, go forward, to advance, precede; to anticipate. Y.Meg.III, 74a bot. צפה … מוטב שיִקְדּוֹם … לכספווכ׳ the Lord foresaw that Haman the wicked would weigh his silver for Israels destruction (Esth. 3:9), and he said, it is better that my childrens silver (the half-Shekel, Ex. 30:11 sq.) anticipate Hamans silver (to act as a protection from evil designs); ib. I, 70d bot. שיַּקְדִּים (Hif.). Sifra Vayiḳra, Ḥob., Par. 3, ch. V, v. infra. Gen. R. s. 1 ששה דברים קָדְמוּוכ׳ six things preceded the creation of the world. Ib. איני יודע איזה מהן קוֹדֵם אם התורה קָדְמָהוכ׳ I know not yet, which of them was first, whether the Torah was created before the throne of glory Ib. התורה קרמהוכ׳, v. קְרִימָה. Ḥull.100a, sq. ק׳ וסלקו he removed it first (before putting in other pieces). Snh.38a; Lev. R. s. 14, beg. יתוש קְדָמְךָ, v. יַתּוּש. B. Mets. II, 11 אבדתו … אבדתו קוֹדֶמֶת if a mans own loss and his fathers loss are to be attended to, his own has the precedence; ib. שלו קודמת (Bab. ed. 33a קודם). Ab. III, 9 כל … קודמת לחכמתווכ׳ he to whom fear of sin comes before his learning, his learning will endure. Y.Ned.IX, 42c bot. חיי העיר הזאת קוֹדְמִיןוכ׳ the supply of provisions for the people of ones own town has the precedence over Kel. XXV, 4, v. כַּתְּ; a. fr. (Nif. נִקְדָּם, Taan.20a נקדמה, v. נָקַד I. Pi. קִדֵּם to get the start of. Y.Taan.I, end, 64d שלא יְקַדְּמֶנּוּ אחר lest another man get ahead of him (in proposing to a woman he desires to marry); Y.Bets. V, 63a bot. Sifré Deut. 34 לא קִידְּמוּם מצוותוכ׳ no other commands were promulgated before them; a. fr. Hif. הִקְדִּים 1) to advance; to do first; to anticipate, provide against. Y. Meg. l. c. לפיכך מַקְדִּימִין וקיריןוכ׳ therefore we read the section of Shḳalim first (before the first of Adar, and before the Sabbath Zakhor); Bab. ib. 13b לפיכךה׳ שקליהןוכ׳ therefore the Lord ordered their Shekels in anticipation of his (Hamans) Shekels, v. supra. Ib. 30a מקדימין לשבת שעברה we read it the Sabbath before, opp. מאחרין. Ib. when Purim falls on a Friday, מקרימין פרשת זכור we read the section Zakhor on the Sabbath previous. Y.Sot.VIII, 22d bot. ה׳ לו שכרי if he paid the builder in advance. Zeb.106a (ref. to Lev. 4:12) שיהא שם דשן שיַקְדִּים לשם דשן this means that ashes must be there, that he must first have put ashes there; Sifra Vayikra l. c. שיִקְדּים; a. fr.ה׳ שלום to salute first. Ber.6b כל שיודע … יקדים לו שלום he who knows his neighbor to be in the habit of greeting him, should salute him first. Ib. 17a לא הִקְדִּימוֹ אדם יכ׳ never was a man the first in saluting him, not even a stranger Ex. R. s. 23 באו … להַקְדִּים שירה the angels came wanting to be the first to offer song; יַקְדִּימוּ בני תחלה let my children be the first; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מוּקְדָּם; f. מוּקְרֶּמֶת; pl. מוּקְדָּמִים Pes.6b, a. fr. אין מ׳ ומאוחרוכ׳, v. אָחַר. Shebi. X, 5, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל. Ib. שטרי חוב המ׳ antedated notes of indebtedness. M. Mets. V, 10 נתן עיניו … זו היא רבית מ׳ if he intends to borrow money, and he sends his neighbor a gift and says, ‘in order to make thee inclined to lend me money,this is interest paid in advance; a. fr. 2) to be early, zealous. Naz.23b, a. e. לעולם יקדים אדם לדברוכ׳ man should always be anxious to do a good deed as early as possible. Pes.4a, a. e. מקדימיןוכ׳, v. זָרִיז; a. fr.Y.Erub.V, 22d top שמקדימין העליון, read: שמקדירין or שמקדרין, v. קָדַר I.

קָדַם(b. h.) (to bend, go forward, to advance, precede; to anticipate. Y.Meg.III, 74a bot. צפה … מוטב שיִקְדּוֹם … לכספווכ׳ the Lord foresaw that Haman the wicked would weigh his silver for Israels destruction (Esth. 3:9), and he said, it is better that my childrens silver (the half-Shekel, Ex. 30:11 sq.) anticipate Hamans silver (to act as a protection from evil designs); ib. I, 70d bot. שיַּקְדִּים (Hif.). Sifra Vayiḳra, Ḥob., Par. 3, ch. V, v. infra. Gen. R. s. 1 ששה דברים קָדְמוּוכ׳ six things preceded the creation of the world. Ib. איני יודע איזה מהן קוֹדֵם אם התורה קָדְמָהוכ׳ I know not yet, which of them was first, whether the Torah was created before the throne of glory Ib. התורה קרמהוכ׳, v. קְרִימָה. Ḥull.100a, sq. ק׳ וסלקו he removed it first (before putting in other pieces). Snh.38a; Lev. R. s. 14, beg. יתוש קְדָמְךָ, v. יַתּוּש. B. Mets. II, 11 אבדתו … אבדתו קוֹדֶמֶת if a mans own loss and his fathers loss are to be attended to, his own has the precedence; ib. שלו קודמת (Bab. ed. 33a קודם). Ab. III, 9 כל … קודמת לחכמתווכ׳ he to whom fear of sin comes before his learning, his learning will endure. Y.Ned.IX, 42c bot. חיי העיר הזאת קוֹדְמִיןוכ׳ the supply of provisions for the people of ones own town has the precedence over Kel. XXV, 4, v. כַּתְּ; a. fr. (Nif. נִקְדָּם, Taan.20a נקדמה, v. נָקַד I. Pi. קִדֵּם to get the start of. Y.Taan.I, end, 64d שלא יְקַדְּמֶנּוּ אחר lest another man get ahead of him (in proposing to a woman he desires to marry); Y.Bets. V, 63a bot. Sifré Deut. 34 לא קִידְּמוּם מצוותוכ׳ no other commands were promulgated before them; a. fr. Hif. הִקְדִּים 1) to advance; to do first; to anticipate, provide against. Y. Meg. l. c. לפיכך מַקְדִּימִין וקיריןוכ׳ therefore we read the section of Shḳalim first (before the first of Adar, and before the Sabbath Zakhor); Bab. ib. 13b לפיכךה׳ שקליהןוכ׳ therefore the Lord ordered their Shekels in anticipation of his (Hamans) Shekels, v. supra. Ib. 30a מקדימין לשבת שעברה we read it the Sabbath before, opp. מאחרין. Ib. when Purim falls on a Friday, מקרימין פרשת זכור we read the section Zakhor on the Sabbath previous. Y.Sot.VIII, 22d bot. ה׳ לו שכרי if he paid the builder in advance. Zeb.106a (ref. to Lev. 4:12) שיהא שם דשן שיַקְדִּים לשם דשן this means that ashes must be there, that he must first have put ashes there; Sifra Vayikra l. c. שיִקְדּים; a. fr.ה׳ שלום to salute first. Ber.6b כל שיודע … יקדים לו שלום he who knows his neighbor to be in the habit of greeting him, should salute him first. Ib. 17a לא הִקְדִּימוֹ אדם יכ׳ never was a man the first in saluting him, not even a stranger Ex. R. s. 23 באו … להַקְדִּים שירה the angels came wanting to be the first to offer song; יַקְדִּימוּ בני תחלה let my children be the first; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מוּקְדָּם; f. מוּקְרֶּמֶת; pl. מוּקְדָּמִים Pes.6b, a. fr. אין מ׳ ומאוחרוכ׳, v. אָחַר. Shebi. X, 5, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל. Ib. שטרי חוב המ׳ antedated notes of indebtedness. M. Mets. V, 10 נתן עיניו … זו היא רבית מ׳ if he intends to borrow money, and he sends his neighbor a gift and says, ‘in order to make thee inclined to lend me money,this is interest paid in advance; a. fr. 2) to be early, zealous. Naz.23b, a. e. לעולם יקדים אדם לדברוכ׳ man should always be anxious to do a good deed as early as possible. Pes.4a, a. e. מקדימיןוכ׳, v. זָרִיז; a. fr.Y.Erub.V, 22d top שמקדימין העליון, read: שמקדירין or שמקדרין, v. קָדַר I.

תִּקְלָא, תִּי׳I m. (תְּקַל I) weight, esp. ( half a) Shekel. Targ. O. Gen. 14:22 (h. text בקע). Targ. O. Ex. 38:26; a. fr.B. Mets.80a, v. נִפְחָא. Ḥull.59a חד ת׳ חלתיתא one tiḳla of asafoetida; a. e.Pl. תִּקְלַיָּא, תִּקְלִין, תִּקְלֵי, תִּי׳ Targ. Hos. 3:2 (ed. Wil. תַּ׳.). Targ. 1 Sam. 17:5; 7; a. e.Ḥull. l. c. Shek. VI, 5 ת׳ חדתין box for the new (the years) half-Shekels; ת׳ עתיקין for last years half-Shekels; Yoma 55b.

תִּקְלָא, תִּי׳I m. (תְּקַל I) weight, esp. ( half a) Shekel. Targ. O. Gen. 14:22 (h. text בקע). Targ. O. Ex. 38:26; a. fr.B. Mets.80a, v. נִפְחָא. Ḥull.59a חד ת׳ חלתיתא one tiḳla of asafoetida; a. e.Pl. תִּקְלַיָּא, תִּקְלִין, תִּקְלֵי, תִּי׳ Targ. Hos. 3:2 (ed. Wil. תַּ׳.). Targ. 1 Sam. 17:5; 7; a. e.Ḥull. l. c. Shek. VI, 5 ת׳ חדתין box for the new (the years) half-Shekels; ת׳ עתיקין for last years half-Shekels; Yoma 55b.

תִּקְלָא, תִּי׳I m. (תְּקַל I) weight, esp. ( half a) Shekel. Targ. O. Gen. 14:22 (h. text בקע). Targ. O. Ex. 38:26; a. fr.B. Mets.80a, v. נִפְחָא. Ḥull.59a חד ת׳ חלתיתא one tiḳla of asafoetida; a. e.Pl. תִּקְלַיָּא, תִּקְלִין, תִּקְלֵי, תִּי׳ Targ. Hos. 3:2 (ed. Wil. תַּ׳.). Targ. 1 Sam. 17:5; 7; a. e.Ḥull. l. c. Shek. VI, 5 ת׳ חדתין box for the new (the years) half-Shekels; ת׳ עתיקין for last years half-Shekels; Yoma 55b.

תִּקְלָא, תִּי׳I m. (תְּקַל I) weight, esp. ( half a) Shekel. Targ. O. Gen. 14:22 (h. text בקע). Targ. O. Ex. 38:26; a. fr.B. Mets.80a, v. נִפְחָא. Ḥull.59a חד ת׳ חלתיתא one tiḳla of asafoetida; a. e.Pl. תִּקְלַיָּא, תִּקְלִין, תִּקְלֵי, תִּי׳ Targ. Hos. 3:2 (ed. Wil. תַּ׳.). Targ. 1 Sam. 17:5; 7; a. e.Ḥull. l. c. Shek. VI, 5 ת׳ חדתין box for the new (the years) half-Shekels; ת׳ עתיקין for last years half-Shekels; Yoma 55b.

subst. (dagligtale) cash, dosh, spondulix, sponduliks, spondulicks, dibs subst. dough, doughbread, lolly, shekels, loot, readies subst. US: greens, greenbacks, moolah, moola