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Hebrew coin
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gerah
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Word definitions for gerah in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gerah \Ge"rah\, n. [Heb. g?rah, lit., a bean.] (Jewish Antiq.) A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel. Note: The silver gerah is supposed to have been worth about three cents; the gold about fifty-four cents; the weight equivalent to about thirteen ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. an ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency equal to one twentieth of a shekel
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A gerah Hebrew "גרה" is an ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency , equivalent to one-twentieth of a shekel , a shekel being 180 barleycorns or 60 carob divided by 20 = 3 carob. This is 0.568 grams. A gerah is in Aramaic a ma'ah "מעה" ( Mishnah Hebrew ...
Usage examples of gerah.
If any one hire a day laborer, he shall pay him from the New Year until the fifth month (April to August, when days are long and the work hard) six gerahs in money per day.
If any one hire a ferryboat, he shall pay three gerahs in money per day.
If he hire a freight-boat, he shall pay two and one-half gerahs per day.