Shekel – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Shekel
n.
coin and monetary unit of Israel; silver coin of the ancient Hebrews
Shekel
Shekel (
sheqel,
Akkadian:
šiqlu or
siqlu, , pl.
shekels,
sheqels,
sheqalim, Hebrew: ) is any of several ancient units of weight or of currency.
shekel
Noun
1. the basic unit of money in Israel
(hypernym) Israeli monetary unit
(part-meronym) agora
shekel
nm.
sheqel, New Israeli Shekel, Israeli monetary unit
Shekel
(n.)
An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
(n.)
A jocose term for money.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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