Hebrew

Bekah

בֶּ֫קַעStrong’s H1235

beqa (be-qa)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Beqa is the Hebrew word usually translated “beka”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;”

Genesis 24:22 KJV

Meaning

Half, part also called "shekel of the sanctuary" or "holy shekel"
Half a shekel (meton) There appears to be at least three different shekels, one of silver, gold and copper. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment of the subject.

How it's translated

a beka 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Genesis 1
Exodus 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

Exodus 38:26A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

Hebrew dictionary

בֶּ֫קַע beqa · bekah

1) half, part also called "shekel of the sanctuary" or "holy shekel" 2) half a shekel (meton) There appears to be at least three different shekels, one of silver, gold and copper. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment of the subject.

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.