Weights: Reduced to English troy-weight, the Hebrew weights were:1. 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.
2. Bekah
(Exodus 38:26) meaning "a half" i.e., "half a shekel," equal to
5 pennyweight.
3. 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.
4. Ma'neh, "a part" or "portion"
(Ezekiel 45:12) equal to 60 shekels,
i.e., to 2 lbs. 6 oz.
5. Talent of silver
(2 Kings 5:22) equal to 3,000 shekels, i.e., 125
lbs.
6. Talent of gold
(Exodus 25:39) double the preceding, i.e., 250 lbs.
