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Genesis 24:22

וַ יְהִי כַּ אֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ הַ גְּמַלִּים לִ שְׁתֹּות וַ יִּקַּח הָ אִישׁ נֶזֶם זָהָב בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלֹו וּ שְׁנֵי צְמִידִים עַל יָדֶיהָ עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מִשְׁקָלָם
And he is becoming when the Camels have ended to drink, and the Man is taking a ring of a gold-one of a half of his weight,808 and two bracelets upon her hands, ten of a gold-one of their weight.809
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Hebrew בֶּ֖קַע מִשְׁקָל֑וֹ. Strong’s #1235, beqa, half. From the root baqa (#1234) to cleave in half. Strong’s mishqal #4948, weight. With the masculine singular possessive suffix: his-weight.