gerah

Etymology

Hebrew [Term?]

Noun

gerah (plural gerahs)

1. An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency equal to one twentieth of a shekel.
   • New International Version (NIV), Exodus 30:13

     "Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs."

   • New International Version (NIV), Leviticus 27:25

     "Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel"

Anagrams

• Hager