BEKAH, or BEKAH, a Jewish coin, equivalent to half a shekel. In Dr Arbuthnot's table of reductions, the bekah is stated as equal to 13 1/2 d. and in Dr Prideaux's computation to 18. 6d. of our money. The Israelites paid an hundred bekahs a head annually for the support of the temple, or L. 5. 13s. 8d. according to Dr Arbuthnot's computation.