תְּקַלtᵉqal

פְּרֵס: maneh, mina, a weight, its connection in Daniel with מְנָה is due to word-play; see also פְּרֵס, תְּקֵל (Daniel 5:25; Daniel 5:26)

Pronunciation: tek-al' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8625

Meanings

ᵑ7: weigh

Pe`il: thou hast been weighed (Daniel 5:27)

ᵑ7: shekel (Daniel 5:25; Daniel 5:27)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Daniel 5:25 “This is the message that was written: Mene, mene, tekel, and Parsin.
  • Daniel 5:27 Tekel means ‘weighed’—you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).