How To Use Shekel In A Sentence
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The judges deliberated and condemned Belit-litu to (pay) fifty-five shekels (by way of fine), the highest fine that could be inflicted on her, and then gave it to
Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs
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After three years of little or no inflation, consumer prices increased by 6.3 percent in the first six months of the year on the back of a sharp depreciation of the shekel.
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The shekel is here settled (v. 13); it is twenty jerahs, just half a Roman ounce, in our money 2s. 4 1/4d. and almost the eighth part of a farthing, as the aforesaid learned man exactly computes it.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
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The shekel is the measure of money; bargaining is the prototype of all other exchange.
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[22] This sum of twelve millions of drachmae, which is equal to three millions of shekels, i.e. at 2s. 10d. a shekel, equal to four hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds sterling, was Agrippa the Great's yearly income, or about three quarters of his grandfather Herod's income; he having abated the tax upon houses at Jerusalem, ch.
Antiquities of the Jews
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Be it so; the whole shekel was the holy didrachm: then let the half shekel be, the common didrachm.
From the Talmud and Hebraica
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The whole sum, if in shekel weight, did not exceed - L-3. they brought Joseph into Egypt -- There were two routes to Egypt: the one was overland by Hebron, where Jacob dwelt, and by taking which, the fate of his hapless son would likely have reached the paternal ears; the other was directly westward across the country from Dothan to the maritime coast, and in this, the safest and most expeditious way, the merchants carried Joseph to Egypt.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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Here, at an adjacent workroom, they learn traditional crafts like weaving and stitching cross-stitch patterns of embroidery on traditional clothes and souvenir items from which they earn a few shekels to tide over through these lean months, and for the younger ones, the latest fad in hairdressing.
Thursdays with my sisters
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How he got money from them to bear the charges of his pretensions (v. 4): They gave him seventy pieces of silver; it is not said what the value of these pieces was; so many shekels are less, and so many talents more, than we can well imagine; therefore it is supposed they were each a pound weight: but they gave this money out of the house of Baal-berith, that is, out of the public treasury, which, out of respect to their idol, they deposited in his temple to be protected by him; or out of the offerings that had been made to that idol, which they hoped would prosper the better in his hands for its having been consecrated to their god.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)
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Price: $8 USD for overseas orders, 20 shekels in Israel, including airmail postage.
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It once happened that a man uncovered the head of a woman in the marketplace, she came before R. Akiva, and he obligated him to give her four hundred zuz [denarri; a denarius was half a biblical shekel].
Akiva, Rabbi.
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They received five shekels [about £0.60] in order to throw them.
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Mighty princes can afford to pay four hundred shekels for a cave and a field.
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Does 150 shekels represent a lot of money for you?
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Knafo, a part-time cook in a day-care center, received a monthly income supplement of 2,500 shekels.
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Peter would find in the mouth of the first fish that took his bait, is more correctly designated by the literal translation "stater," [809] indicating a silver coin equivalent to a shekel, or two didrachms, and therefore the exact amount of the tax for two persons.
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
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In Matt. 17: 24-27 the word denotes the temple rate (the "didrachma," the "half-shekel," as rendered by the
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Gedalya also found a million and a half shekels as well as dollars - all counterfeit.
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So the fact that the shekel is weakening against the euro relative to our exporters is also very important and could be even more important than the dollar.
Interview Transcript: Stanley Fischer
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The name of "daric" was extended to these coins also, which, however, were much larger and heavier than the gold coins, weighing as much as 235 grains, and corresponding to the Greek tetradrachm, and (nearly) to the Hebrew shekel.
History of Phoenicia
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However, the thing is, he that paid the half-shekel, in the vulgar dialect, was called, he that paid the shekels; and that which is here said by Matthew, they that receive the didrachm, the
From the Talmud and Hebraica
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Foreign investment has fallen by two thirds and revenues from tourism have halved, undermining Israel's currency, the shekel.
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But Hollywood shekels in the current economic crisis are thin, particularly so when trying to finance what the fresh princes of filmland dismiss as low earning "art movies.
Eric Ehrmann: Memo to Madonna ... The Guys Like Rififi
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The shekel is the fourth- worst performer among major currencies tracked by Bloomberg in Europe, the Middle East and Africa this quarter, after Turkey's lira, Hungary's forint and the Polish zloty.
BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
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Reluctantly, the policeman takes Arafat and Suha to the station where the Palestinian leader receives a 100 shekel fine.
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The disproportion between the 3,400 Shekels and the 1,000 Half-Shekels is to be understood from the prescription of the Mishna that each payment of a Half-Shekel for one person was liable to an agio of 4-8%.
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Israelis claim to have found a counterfeiting press in Ramallah - one for faking shekels, not dollars.
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Among the highlights, a silver didrachm from Akragas (lot #9) brought $630 against a pre-auction estimate of $300 while a silver shekel from Byblos in Phoenicia (Lot 50) estimated at $750 brought $1050.
The ACCG Benefit Auction nets $45,811 in active bidding. : Coin Collecting News
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With the demise of this wine style, many Australian vineyards of very old Grenache vines were torn out, for a few shekels of government compensation.
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It was called shekel, for we were counted in pairs.
Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Passover 5770 - March 29, 2010 ]
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And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
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And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
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The minimum that one can give to fulfill this commandment is one-third of a shekel per year.
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On the downside, the Thai baht dipped 0.8%, the Israeli shekel 0.5%, and the Hungarian forint 0.5%.
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The judges deliberated and condemned Beli-litu to a fine of 55 shekels, the highest fine that could be inflicted on her, and then gave it to Nebo-akhi-iddin.
Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs
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On the upside, the Jamaica dollar and Israeli shekel gained 0.8%.
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I was about to give her a shekel when something about her expression made me look again, and my hand hesitated in embarrassment.
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A shekel buys 15 minutes of game time.
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Ephron has named a price - a pretty stiff price; a shekel was a measure of weight, 11.5 grams; four hundred shekels would amount to 10.6 pounds of silver.
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Growth has ground to a halt, unemployment has shot up, and the shekel has dropped in value.
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All that awaits you now, Bheki, is, I trust, money - lots of lovely lolly, latkes, folding green stuff, shekels.
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Israel has intervened even more forcefully to weaken the shekel.
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It may be at the same time that the shekel is weakening against the euro and we actually trade more with Europe than we do with the United States.
Interview Transcript: Stanley Fischer
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A sicle or shekel of silver, (which was also called a stater,) according to the standard or weight of the sanctuary, which was the most just and exact, was half an ounce of silver, that is, about half a crown of English money.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision
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When the shekel appreciated from the end of 2007 through 2008, most of that action was Israelis bringing their money home.
Interview Transcript: Stanley Fischer
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In Europe, Gruie at BNP Paribas recommends going short the Czech crown, and long the Israeli shekel.
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Consider the case of Israel, which in the face of the economic crisis engaged in massive foreign currency intervention to weaken the shekel.
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This week, British pound trades to a five-week high against the dollar; the Swedish krona trades to a three-year high; the South African rand to a 2 ½ year high; the Israeli shekel to a 15-month high.
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With a couple of drinks, you are shikker, but it will cost a couple of shekels.
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And, more importantly for the city, the millions of Jews worldwide who regularly visit memorials in other cities and other nations, will not be spending their dollars and shekels here.
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The shekel was the common standard of weight and value among the Hebrews down to the time of the
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Anonymous · December 7th, 2003 at 11:53 am because, again, the author is a heebite, and 50 shekel is a darling of heeb–he played their issue #3 release party.
The New Super Jews | Jewschool
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That the sequels continue after the critically disappointing Ocean's Twelve, only proves that these ganefs will try to get away with this theft as long as they can bring in the shekels.
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With the introduction of the shekel on February 24, 1980, a series of new agora coins was put into circulation.
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So they weighed out thirty shekels of silver as my wages.
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For someone like myself who finds meditative pleasures in sweeping, I'll spend a few more shekels to whisk away all that scuzz and dreck with my plant-based broom.
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And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
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In Exodus 30: 23 God instructs Moses to use 250 shekels of "kaneh bosm" in the oil to anoint all Kings, Priests, and Prophets, for all generations, including Jesus and today as the title Christ is Anointed!
Christiane Amanpour's "God's Warriors"
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The shekel was the top performer last week among 10 emerging markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa tracked by Bloomberg.
BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
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Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
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This takes time, effort and a not inconsiderable number of dollars, pounds, baht or shekels.
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And the brass of the offering was seventy talents , and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
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The man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.
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And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
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Each silver plate weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each sprinkling bowl seventy shekels.
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I'll use any dollars or euros or yen or shekels thrown my way to keep this site online, and if folks do kick in, I promise to try and write more frequently as a token of my appreciation.
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Zionist program and pay the annual contribution, known as a shekel, varying from 15 cents to 25 cents in different countries.
The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915
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The rail company has already invested 200 million shekels to lay 250 kilometres of fibre optic cables.
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To avert feline catastrophe, head over to the blog deemed Most Deserving of Wider Recognition and drop a few shekels in the tip jar.
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The injection of additional dollars would only fuel further Israeli inflation, and push the shekel toward serious devaluation.
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Under Nebuchadnezzar we find 12 _qas_, or the third part of an ardeb, of sesame sold for half a shekel, which would make the cost of a single quart
Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs
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They'd grown their own food, for Chrissake, and now it came in a can from Somebody Else, and they had to rustle up shekels to get it.
The '08 Campaign And the Crash
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So the fact that sometimes the shekel is strengthening because the dollar is weakening globally doesn't cut a lot of ice with most Israelis.
Interview Transcript: Stanley Fischer
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Which is fine but then the bank will only give you a mortgage for how much it values the house at - leaving you in the dwang for at least another 100000 shekels or maybe more.
English-writing Israeli-bloggers
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And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.