בֶּקַע beqaʻ

Meaning

a section (half) of ashekel, i.e. a beka (a weight and a coin)

In the King James Version: bekah, half a shekel.

Derivation: from H1234 (בָּקַע);

Where it is used

• Genesis 24:22 And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
• Exodus 38:26 a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.