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Meaning of gerah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.

historical

Examples

“Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.”
“Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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