The symbol used for the Israeli Shekel is "₪".
Source: tatoeba (704696)
Shekel
//ˈʃɛkəl//
Synonyms for "shekel" (10 found)
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Translations
61 translations across 42 languages.
Akkadian
1 entries- 𒅆𒅗𒇻 noun (ancient unit of weight)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σίγλος noun (ancient unit of weight)
Arabic
1 entries- شَيْقَل noun (currency unit in Israel)
Aramaic
3 entries- תְּקֵל noun (ancient unit of weight)
- תִּיקְלָא noun (ancient unit of weight)
- ܬܩܠ noun (ancient unit of weight)
Armenian
2 entries- շեկել noun (currency unit in Israel)
- սիկղ noun (ancient unit of weight)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ше́кел noun (currency unit in Israel)
Catalan
2 entries- sicle noun (ancient unit of weight)
- xéquel noun (currency unit in Israel)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 錫克爾 /锡克尔 noun (currency unit in Israel)
Czech
1 entries- šekel noun (currency unit in Israel)
Dutch
1 entries- sjekel noun (currency unit in Israel)
Finnish
1 entries- sekeli noun (currency unit in Israel)
French
2 entries- shekel noun (currency unit in Israel)
- sicle noun (ancient unit of weight)
German
3 entries- Schekel noun (currency unit in Israel)
- Schekel noun (ancient unit of weight)
- Sekel noun (ancient unit of weight)
Greek
2 entries- σίκλος noun (currency unit in Israel)
- σίκλος noun (ancient unit of weight)
Hebrew
2 entries- שֶׁקֶל noun (currency unit in Israel)
- שקל noun (ancient unit of weight)
Hindi
1 entries- शेकेल noun (currency unit in Israel)
Hungarian
1 entries- sékel noun (currency unit in Israel)
Indonesian
1 entries- syikal noun (ancient unit of weight)
Irish
1 entries- seiceal noun (currency unit in Israel)
Italian
2 entries- siclo noun (currency unit in Israel)
- siclo noun (ancient unit of weight)
Japanese
1 entries- シェケル noun (currency unit in Israel)
Korean
1 entries- 셰켈 noun (currency unit in Israel)
Latin
1 entries- siclus noun (ancient unit of weight)
Latvian
1 entries- šekelis noun (currency unit in Israel)
Lithuanian
1 entries- šekelis noun (currency unit in Israel)
Marathi
2 entries- शेकेल noun (currency unit in Israel)
- शेकेल noun (ancient unit of weight)
Māori
2 entries- hekere noun (currency unit in Israel)
- hekere noun (ancient unit of weight)
Navajo
1 entries- Ízrel bi-shékʼel ániidí noun (currency unit in Israel)
Old Armenian
1 entries- սիկղ noun (ancient unit of weight)
Persian
1 entries- شکل noun (currency unit in Israel)
Phoenician
1 entries- 𐤔𐤒𐤋 noun (ancient unit of weight)
Polish
3 entries- sykl noun (ancient unit of weight)
- szekel noun (currency unit in Israel)
- szekel noun (ancient unit of weight)
Portuguese
2 entries- siclo noun (currency unit in Israel)
- siclo noun (ancient unit of weight)
Russian
2 entries- сикль noun (ancient unit of weight)
- ше́кель noun (currency unit in Israel)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- šekel noun (currency unit in Israel)
- шекел noun (currency unit in Israel)
Spanish
2 entries- siclo noun (ancient unit of weight)
- séquel noun (currency unit in Israel)
Sumerian
1 entries- 𒂆 noun (ancient unit of weight)
Swedish
1 entries- sikel noun (ancient unit of weight)
Turkish
1 entries- şekel noun (currency unit in Israel)
Ugaritic
2 entries- 𐎘𐎖𐎍 noun (currency unit in Israel)
- 𐎘𐎖𐎍 noun (ancient unit of weight)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ше́кель noun (currency unit in Israel)
Yiddish
1 entries- שעקעל noun (currency unit in Israel)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Do you have a shekel?
Source: tatoeba (4486552)
So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Source: wiktionary
"Beauty is naught to him, because there are lips more honey-sweet; and wealth is naught, because others can weigh him down with heavier shekels; and fame is naught, because there have been greater men than he."
Source: wiktionary
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