{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8254",
  "lemma": "שָׁקַל",
  "transliteration": "shâqal",
  "definition": "to suspend or poise (especially in trade)",
  "kjv": "pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh.",
  "occurrences": 22,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שָׁקַל vb. weigh",
    "Qal",
    "1. weigh",
    "2. weigh out a price",
    "Niph. be weighed"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 23:16",
      "text": "Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 22:16",
      "text": "If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 14:26",
      "text": "When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/14?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 18:12",
      "text": "The man said to Joab, “Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn’t stretch out my…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 20:39",
      "text": "As the king passed by, he cried to the king, and he said, “Your servant went out into the middle of the battle; and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/20?v=39"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 33:18",
      "text": "Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/33?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 40:12",
      "text": "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 46:6",
      "text": "Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/46?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 55:2",
      "text": "Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/55?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 32:9",
      "text": "I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/32?v=9"
    }
  ],
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