שקיף m. (שקף I; cmp. כיפה) cleft. - Pl. שקיפים, שקיפין.
Ohol. III, 7; VIII, 2 וסלעים ש׳ roofs (v. אהל) formed by
clefts and overhanging rocks.
שקיפא ch. same. Targ. Is. X, 26; Targ. Jud. VII, 25 (h. text צור). Ib. XV, 8; 11 (h. text סעגיף). -- Pl. שקיפין. Targ. Is. II, 21 (h. text סעפי). Ib. LVII, 5. Targ. ISam. XXIV, 3 (h. text צורי); a. e. -- V. שקפא II.
שקיפס, v. סקיפס.
שקיקות f. (שקק) greed. Esth. R. to I, 2 (ref to I Kings XIV, 25) Pharaoh is named וככ בש׳ שבא מפני שישק Shishak, because he came upon Israel with avidity, saying &c.
שקל (b. h.; Shaf. of קל) 1) [to swing,] to weigh, balance. Gen. R. s. 4 וכ׳ ושקול ורחון הכנס go in and bathe, and weigh thyself before and after &c.; שיצא כיון וכ׳ וש׳ when he came out and weighed himselt, he had lost nothing. B. Bath. V, 11 בעין עין לו שוקל היה if he gave him exact weight, v. עין. Ib. 89a שקול לו יאמר לא וכ׳ ליטרא שוקל אלא . . he capnot say to him, weigh me three sinfffle fourths of a litra, but he weighs (puts in the bslance) one litra, and puts one-fourth of a litra. with the meat; a. fr. -- Trnsf. to weigh, consider, account. Koh. R. to XII, 14 וכ׳ שוקל שרבו עבד a slave to whom his master accounts errors as wilful offenses; Hag. 5a. Ib. (ref. to Mal. III, 5) וכ׳ קלות . . . שש׳ לנו אוי woe unto us to whom the Scripture accounts light offenses alike with severe crimes; Yalk. Mal. 589. Mekh. Yithro, s. 8 חביב וכ׳ כבודן שש׳ . the honoring of father and mother is precious before God, for he put their honor and the fear of them on a level with his own honor &c.; (Kidd. 30b השוה); a. e. -- 2) (denom. of שקל) to offfer the headt-tagx (half a Shekel). Shek. I, 4 וכ׳ ששוקל כהן כל a priest that pays the head-tax. Ib. 6 וכ׳ ידי על השוקל if one pays the head-tax for a priest, a woman, or a minor, he is exxempt. (from payioe agio). Ned. IV, 2 (33a) שקלו את (לו) שוקל may pay the head-tax for him; a. fr. -- In gen. b0 pay taxes. Tosef. Dem. VI, 3; 4; Y. ib. VI, end, 26a, v. אאוצר. -- Part. pass. שקול; . שקולה; pl. שקולים, שקולין; שקולות even-balanced, of egual importance. Snh. 3b, a. fr. אין ש׳ דין בית a court mmust never be even-balanced, i. e. not be of even numbers, opp. נוטה; v. בית. Num. R. s. 18 (ref. to Ps. XCIX, 6) וכ׳ כנגד שש׳ שמואל Samuel who is balanced against Moses and Aaron together; Ber. 31b (ref.tto ISam. I, 11, אנשים זרע) וכ׳ אנשים שני כנגד שש׳ זרע a. seed (son) that will hold the balance against two men &c. Ib. 33a וכ׳ כתחייח שש׳ . . מזכירין we insert the power of raif' (v. גבורה) in the section about resurrection, be- cause it is equal to resurrection. B. Kam. 3a וכ׳ הן ש׳ they (the ttwo kinds of damages) are even-balanced (you cannot decide between the two), let both be included; Zeb. 4b; Naz. 58b הוא ש׳ the balance is even; Arakh. 4b. Sifra Vayikra, N'dab., ch. XVVII, Par. 14; Yalk. Lev. 462 (ref. to Lev. III, 4) וכ׳ יטול ש׳ הדבר it may be understood either way, he should take that part of the midriff which is by the liver, or a portion of the liver with the midriff &c.; a. fr. Hif. השקיל to weigh, ponder, estiomate. Gen. R. s. 59 (ref. to Hos. XII, 8) that is Eliezer, ומשקיל יושב שהיה וכ׳ בתו את for he sat and pondered on his daughter; is she or is she not worthy; Yalk. Hos. 528 ומשל (lPi.)..
שקל ch. (cmp. נטל) 1) to take, take away. Targ. Prov. XVII, 8. Ib. XXV, 20. Targ. II Esth. I, 16; a. fr. --[Targ. Ex. XXIII, 5 מלמשקל ed. Berl., oth. ed. למשבק, מלמשבק.]-- וטרא ש׳, v. טרא. - B. Mets. 40a וכ׳ ושקלין, v. שופטנא. Ib. 6ob וכ׳ מיניה שקיל דקא (not שקלי) for he takes from him &c., v. נכת. Kidd. 12b ואישתיקא mשקלת (not שקלתא) she accepted it and kept silence; ib. 13a שקלתיה. Ib. אאין שקלי ודידי שקלי yes, I received itt, but it was mine I received. Shebu. 32b ושקילנא משתבענא הוה I should have been assigned an oath, and the money would have been decreed to me. Yeb. 105a; Snh. 21a, v. מטרפסא. Ber. 60a וכ׳ בדקא ש׳ a freshet carried away part of his field (Ms. F. וכ׳ אישתקל a freshet was carried into his field); B. Bath. 41a, v. בדקא; a. fr. - Ber. l. c. שקיל הוה וכ׳ בתריה ואזיל took up(his cloak)and walked behind &c. - Part. pass. שקיל; f. שקילא; pl. שקילין, שקילי; שקילן. Sabb. 65b וכ׳ שקילין . .. שקילי (Ms. M. ושקילן . . . שקילין), v. ניבא I. Ib. טיבותיך שקילא (not שקולא; better; וכ׳ שקולי take thy goodness), v. חיזרא I; a. e. - 2) to carry. Men. 85a; Ex. R. s. 9 שקול ירקא, v. מתא; Yalk. ib. 182 שקיל. Pa. שקל, Af. אשקל to cause to take, to give. Pes. 57b וכ׳ דאשקליה (Ms. M. דשקקליה); Yalk. Lev. 469, v. מטרפסא. tthpe. אשתקיל, אשתקל to be taken away. Targ. I Chr. V, 2 אשתקילת (Var. אשתקלת). Ib. 1 (ed. Beck אסתלקת). -- Ber. 60a, v. supra.
שקל m. (b. h.; שקל) [weight,] Nhekel, a coin; הקדש ש׳ the sacred Sh., twenty Gerah or M ah, twice the weight of the common Shekel (v. סלע). Bekh. VIII, 7 (49b) כולם הק׳ בש׳ all these definitions refer to the sacred Sh. Ib. 50a. B. Bath. 9a הש׳ שלישית onesthird of aSh. (Neh. X, 38); a. fr. -- Esp. (הש׳ מחצית, Ex. XXX, 13) the head-taa for the Temple. Ned. IV, 2 שקלו, v. שקל. Shek. II, 3 אל הרי לשקלי these coins are designated for my contribution as head-tax; לשקלי מהן שאאביא that I will offer my head-tax out of them; a. fr. -- Pl. שקלים. Ib. I, 1, v. שמע. Ib. II, 1, v. דרכון. Meg. 13b שקליהן הקדים . . . ש׳ לשקול . . נלוי וכ׳ לשקליו it was known before God that Haman would, at some future day, pey Shekels for the destruction of Israel, therefore He made their Shekels (contributions to the sanctuary) to precede his Shekels, this is why we are told (Shek. I, ), 'on the first of Adar &c.'; a. fr. -- Slk'kkalim (Shek.), name of a treatise, of the Order of Mo 'ed, of Mishnah, Tosefta, and Talmud Y'rushalmi.
שקמא, שי׳ f.=next w. - Pl. שקמין, שקמיא, שקמתא. שי׳. Targ. Am. VII, 14. Targ. I Kings X, 27. Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 47. - Y. Dem. I, 21 top, v. שקמונה.
שקמה, שי׳ f. (b. h.) sycamore. B. Bath. II, 1 בחרוב אמה חמשים ובששש when planting a carob tree or a sycamore, (you must keep off from your neighbor's well) by fifty cubits. Pes. 53a, v. שפלה; (Tosef. Shebi..VII,111 pl.). Nidd. 8b, a. e. ש׳ בתולת, v. בתולה. Gen. R. s. 12 (ref. to Is. LXV, 22) 2o4a
