or Bekah, a Jewish coin, equivalent to half a shekel. In Dr Arbuthnot's table of reductions, the bekah is stated as equal to 13½d. and in Dr Prideaux's computation to 1s. 6d. of our money. The Israelites paid an hundred bekahs a head annually for the support of the temple, or L5. 13s. 8d. according to Dr Arbuthnot's computation.