Reduced to English troy-weight, the Hebrew weights were: The gerah ( Leviticus 27:25 ; Numbers 3:47 ), a Hebrew word, meaning a grain or kernel, and hence a small weight. It was the twentieth part of a shekel, and equal to 12 grains. Bekah ( Exodus 38:26 ), meaning "a half" i.e., "half a shekel," equal to 5 pennyweight. Shekel, "a weight," only in the Old Testament, and frequently in its original form ( Genesis 23:15,16 ; Exodus 21:32 ; 30:13,15 ; 38:24-29 , etc.). It was equal to 10 pennyweight. Ma'neh, "a part" or "portion" ( Ezekiel 45:12 ), equal to 60 shekels, i.e., to 2 lbs. 6 oz. Talent of silver ( 2 Kings 5:22 ), equal to 3,000 shekels, i.e., 125 lbs. Talent of gold ( Exodus 25:39 ), double the preceding, i.e., 250 lbs.
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)