1235. beqa
Lexicon
beqa: Half-shekel, division

Original Word: בֶּקַע
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: beqa`
Pronunciation: beh'-kah
Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-kah)
KJV: bekah, half a shekel
NASB: beka, half-shekel
Word Origin: [from H1234 (בָּקַע - split)]

1. a section (half) of a shekel
2. a beka (a weight and a coin)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
bekah, half a shekel

From baqa'; a section (half) of a shekel, i.e. A beka (a weight and a coin) -- bekah, half a shekel.

see HEBREW baqa'

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from baqa
Definition
half
NASB Translation
beka (1), half-shekel (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
בֶּ֫קַע noun [masculine] fraction, half, i.e. half-shekel, a weight; בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֺ Genesis 24:22, compare Hesychius in LagGes. Abh 199, 1. 18 βακαίον [Lag βέκαον] μέρον τι; see also בֶּקַע Exodus 38:26 (= מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל).

Forms and Transliterations
בֶּ֖קַע בֶּ֚קַע בקע be·qa‘ Beka beqa‘
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 24:22
HEB: נֶ֣זֶם זָהָ֔ב בֶּ֖קַע מִשְׁקָל֑וֹ וּשְׁנֵ֤י
NAS: weighing a half-shekel and two
KJV: earring of half a shekel weight,
INT: ring A gold A half-shekel weighing and two

Exodus 38:26
HEB: בֶּ֚קַע לַגֻּלְגֹּ֔לֶת מַחֲצִ֥ית
NAS: a beka a head ([that is], half
KJV: A bekah for every man, [that is], half
INT: A bekah man half

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1235
2 Occurrences


be·qa‘ — 2 Occ.

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