Mishqal
/mɪʃˈkɑːl/noun
A Hebrew term meaning weight, especially a system or unit of measurement and, in linguistics, a word-pattern or morphological template.
Did you know?Mishqal comes from the same Semitic root associated with the shekel, linking Hebrew word-formation to the ancient act of weighing and measuring.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*š-q-l
“To weigh or measure by weight”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
מִשְׁקָל (mišqāl)
“Weight, weighing, or a standard of weight”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
שֶׁקֶל (šeqel)
“A shekel, a unit of weight and later a monetary unit”
Medieval Hebrew
Hebrew
מִשְׁקָל (mišqāl)
“Weight; also a pattern or metrical structure”
Modern Hebrew
Hebrew
מִשְׁקָל (mishqal)
“Weight, grammatical pattern, or prosodic pattern”