בֶּ֫קַע (be.qa) means “bekah” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: beh'-kah Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בֶּ֫קַע · be.qa · 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.
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from H1234 (בָּקַע); a section (half) of ashekel, i.e. a beka (a weight and a coin)
KJV glosses: bekah, half a shekel.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a beka | 2 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a bekah | 1 |
| of half a shekel | 1 |
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And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
Read word by worda beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
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