Etymology

gerah

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Today it means: An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel. Full definition →

Hebrew גֵּרָה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromגֵּרָה“twentieth of a shekel”
  2. English todaygerah

From Hebrew גֵּרָה (gerá, “twentieth of a shekel”, literally “cud”).

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