H1626

גֵּרָה

ge.rahH:N-F

gerah

gerah, a weight, a 20th part of a shekel, equal to the weight of 16 barley grains or 4 to 5 carob beans

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. גֵּרָה noun feminine a weight, 20th part of shekel, gerah (Assyrian girû, ZehnpfBAS i. 506) — גֵּרָה Exod 30:13 + 4 t. — Only in definition of שֶׁקֶל, with number עֶשְׂרִים Exod 30:13; Lev 27:25; Num 3:47; Num 18:16; Ezek 45:12.


5 occurrences

Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), Numbers (2), Ezekiel (1)