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Shekel

/ˈʃɛkəl/

A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.

📖 Definitions of "Shekel"

noun
  1. 1

    A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.

  2. 2

    (often antisemitic) Money, especially that purportedly owned or distributed as bribes by Jewish elites.

  3. 3

    An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.

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