be.qa denotes a specified measure used for a gold ring’s weight and for an assessed half-shekel amount.

The attested use is a specified measure: Genesis 24:22 places it in the weight of a gold ring, while Exodus 38:26 states it as half of a shekel in an amount assessed for each person.

1. Specified weight or assessed measure · dominant

   In Genesis 24:22, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the clause describing a gold ring's weight; the APB renders the phrase “weighing a bekah.” In Exodus 38:26, the same form occurs in an amount assigned “for every one passing over the reckoned ones,” and the APB renders it “A bekah for the head, half the shekel.”

   Genesis 24:22Exodus 38:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB retains “bekah” in both verses rather than replacing it with an English measure. In Exodus 38:26 it additionally states “half the shekel,”.