Where does “שֶׁקֶל” come from?

שֶׁקֶל (Biblical Hebrew) comes from Hebrew שָׁקַל, from Akkadian 𒂆 — axe, adze.

Ancestry of “שֶׁקֶל”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hebrew	שָׁקַל	to weigh
2	Akkadian	𒂆	axe, adze

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