How to Pronounce Gera(h)

GER-ah

Gera(h) is pronounced GER-ah: two syllables, stress on the first.

What is Gera(h)?

A bean, probably of the carob tree, the smallest weight, and also the smallest piece of money, among the Hebrews, equal to the twentieth part of a shekel (Ex. 30:13; Lev. 27:25; Num. 3:47). This word came into use in the same way as our word “grain,” from a grain of wheat.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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