Word Study · Strong's H8625 · Hebrew
תְּקַל
teqal
tek-al'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tᵉqal
“to balance”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to balance
Rendered in the KJV as
Tekel, be weighed.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- תְּקִ֥ילְתָּה1
- תְּקֵ֥ל1
- תְּקֵ֑ל1
How it is rendered · 2
- teqel2
- you have been weighed1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine or feminine singular2
- verb · passive (qal passive), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular1
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- ANcbsa · 2
- AVQp2ms · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Daniel3 occurrences
- Daniel 5:25תְּקֵ֥לtekelnoun · masculine or feminine singularNow this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.here: teqel
- Daniel 5:27תְּקֵ֑לtekelnoun · masculine or feminine singularTEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.here: teqel
- Daniel 5:27תְּקִ֥ילְתָּהtekiletahverb · passive (qal passive), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularTEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.here: you have been weighed