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gerah

gerah noun: an ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.

Noun

gerah (plural gerahs)

  1. (historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
    • Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.New International Version (NIV), Exodus 30:13
    • Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.New International Version (NIV), Leviticus 27:25

Forms of gerah

pluralgerahs

Origin of gerah

From Hebrew גֵּרָה (gerá, “twentieth of a shekel”, literally “cud”).

Questions about gerah

What does gerah mean?
Gerah means an ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
What part of speech is gerah?
Gerah is a noun.
What is the plural of gerah?
The plural of gerah is gerahs.

Words near gerah in the dictionary

  1. Geracis
  2. Gerads
  3. Geradses
  4. Geraghty
  5. Geraghtys
  6. gerah
  7. Gerahmin
  8. gerahs
  9. Geraint
  10. GERAKAN
  11. Gerakitis

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