תקלא

Aramaic

Etymology

Related to תְּקַל (təqal, “to weigh”). Cognate with Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šéqel), Arabic ثِقْل (ṯiql).

Noun

תִּקְלָא • (tiqlā) m (absolute תְּקֵל (təqēl))

1. 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.