# beka

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #83,046

## Definitions
1. an ancient Biblical unit of weight, half a shekel

## Etymology
From Hebrew בֶּקַע (beqáʿ, “half-sheqel”, literally “broken”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/beka