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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
Words derived from “שֶׁקֶל”
sicle
siclus
seiceal
siclo
siclo
siclo
sicle
sykl
dicksicle
cumsicle
beersicle
dogsicle
catsicle
frogsicle
pigsicle
kidsicle
totsicle
fishsicle
mansicle
bumsicle
ratsicle
mousesicle
wolfsicle
fruitsicle
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