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单词 gerah
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gerah

[ gee-ruh ]
/ ˈgi rə /

noun

an ancient Hebrew weight and coin, equal to 1/20 (0.05) of a shekel.

Origin of gerah

1525–35; <Hebrew gērāh<Akkadian girū

Words nearby gerah

geotropic, geotropism, Ge-Pano-Carib, ger., Gera, gerah, Geraint, Gerald, Geraldine, Geraldton, Geraldton waxflower
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Example sentences from the Web for gerah

  • The Gerah, "a bean," weighed a little less than half of a dram avoirdupois (.439 dram).

    The Rand-McNally Bible Atlas|Jesse L. Hurlbut

British Dictionary definitions for gerah

gerah
/ (ˈɡɪərə) /

noun

an ancient Hebrew unit of weight
an ancient Hebrew coin equal to one twentieth of a shekel

Word Origin for gerah

C16: from Hebrew gērāh bean
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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