Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An ancient Hebrew unit of weight, equal to half a shekel, 7.08 grams, or 109¼ grains.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Half a shekel.

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  • noun Alternative form of beka.

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Examples

  • A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

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    russian jana 2005

  • Friends awonderland bekah brooke catbonny dallas deborah dmidave dora fadedpaper fromabroad fuguesalad greenoasis invernal john-boy kara kay ladyshalott laughtear littlemiss lorell madwoman saraarts selfportraitas seymour shunn sparrow with-an-h zach

    veggie jana 2005

  • Friends awonderland bekah brooke catbonny dallas deborah dmidave dora fadedpaper fromabroad fuguesalad greenoasis invernal john-boy kara kay ladyshalott laughtear littlemiss lorell madwoman saraarts selfportraitas seymour shunn sparrow with-an-h zach

    Friends jana 2005

  • Friends awonderland bekah brooke catbonny dallas deborah dmidave dora fadedpaper fromabroad fuguesalad greenoasis invernal john-boy kara kay ladyshalott laughtear littlemiss lorell madwoman saraarts selfportraitas seymour shunn sparrow with-an-h zach

    alone jana 2005

  • Friends awonderland bekah brooke catbonny dallas deborah dmidave dora fadedpaper fromabroad fuguesalad greenoasis invernal john-boy kara kay ladyshalott laughtear littlemiss lorell madwoman saraarts selfportraitas seymour shunn sparrow with-an-h zach

    pilgrimsteps jana 2005

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    tap jana 2005

  • Friends awonderland bekah brooke catbonny dallas deborah dmidave dora fadedpaper fromabroad fuguesalad greenoasis invernal john-boy kara kay ladyshalott laughtear littlemiss lorell madwoman saraarts selfportraitas seymour shunn sparrow with-an-h zach

    page count jana 2005

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    reaction jana 2005

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