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béka

Nom communattested in dialogue

  • /be.ka/

Demi-shékel, demi-sicle.

Nom commun

  1. 1

    Demi-shékel, demi-sicle.

    Le sicle se divise en : béka, ou demi-sicle (Gen. xxiv, 22 : Ex. xxxviii, 26), et réba, ou quart de sicle (1 Sam. ix, 8). Enfin, le guéra, ou vingtième de sicle (Ex. xxx, 13), le poids le plus petit, équivalait à trois quarts de gramme.

Forms

plural
békas
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