תקלא

Related to תְּקַל‎ (təqal, “to weigh”). Cognate with Hebrew שֶׁקֶל‎ (šéqel), Arabic ثِقْل‎ (ṯiql).

תִּקְלָא • (tiqlā) m (absolute תְּקֵל‎ (təqēl))

1. shekel/sheqel
   • Daniel 5:25, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וּדְנָה כְתָבָא דִּי רְשִׁים מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין׃‎‎

     ūḏənā ḵəṯāḇā dī rəšīm mənē mənē təqēl ūp̄arsīn.

     And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN [a mina, a mina, a shekel, and half-shekels].

   • Daniel 5:27, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏תְּקֵל תְּקִילְתָּ בְמֹאזַנְיָא וְהִשְׁתְּכַחַתְּ חַסִּיר׃‎‎

     təqēl təqī́ltā ḇəmōzanyā wəhištəḵáḥat ḥassīr.

     TEKEL [shekel], Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.