Strong's #1235: beqa` (pronounced beh'-kah)

from 1234; a section (half) of a shekel, i.e. a beka (a weight and a coin):--bekah, half a shekel.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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beqa‛

1) half, part also called "shekel of the sanctuary" or "holy shekel"

2) half a shekel (metonymy) There appears to be at least three different shekels, one of silver, gold and copper. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment of the subject.

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from H1234

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

Genesis 24:22: "took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for"
Exodus 38:26: " A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went"