# H1235 בֶּקַע

בֶּקַע (beqaʻ), Strong’s H1235: a section (half) of ashekel, i.e. a beka (a weight and a coin) KJV: bekah, half a shekel.. Occurs 2 times.

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*beqaʻ* — a section (half) of ashekel, i.e. a beka (a weight and a coin)

KJV: bekah, half a shekel.

Derived from [בָּקַע bâqaʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H1234) (to cleave)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- בֶּ֫קַע n.[m.] fraction, half, i.e. half-shekel, a weight

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 24:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=22) — As the camels had finished drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her…
- [Exodus 38:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/38?v=26) — a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those…