Talk:שקל

שכחתם את המשמעות הנפוצה ביותר של המילה "שקל": 'מדד את משקלו של עצם'. Daniel B 19:26, 12 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Translation of above comment: You forgot the most common meaning of the word "שקל": "to weigh oneself". (Translation by Ruakh at 14:04, 15 December 2008 (UTC).)


 * As in shekel, an ancient unit of weight? We have that sense already. —Stephen 13:53, 15 December 2008 (UTC)


 * כן, msh210 שאל אותי פעם בקשר לזה, ושכחתי. אנסה לטפל בזה תוך יום או יומיים, לפני שאשכח שוב. תודה שהזכרת לנו! —Ruakh TALK 14:04, 15 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, msh210 asked me about that at some point, and I forgot. I'll try to take care of that in the next day or two, before I forget again. Thanks for the reminder! —Ruakh TALK 14:04, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I mentioned it at (כן, בקשה זו נמצאת ב־) Wiktionary:Requested entries:Hebrew.—msh210 ℠  18:52, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * also, 'שקל' can mean "consider", "pay‏‏‏‏‏" (not in use these days) and "shackle". see he:שקל. Daniel B 20:17, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I saw a question regarding the bar over the "a" (ā) in the IPA transcription. I know it is not standard IPA, but I have a dilemma here. There are different theories about the way kamats was pronounced in Biblical Hebrew. It is likely that kamats reflects a Tiberian Hebrew that evolved from a further ancient, but I wouldn't like to commit to any specific theory. The "ā" symbol is often used by Semitic linguists and it is less compelling. Drork 07:24, 25 July 2010 (UTC)