The shekel in Biblical Hebrew is a unit of weight and currency that is smaller than both the talent and the mina. It was commonly used for trade and transactions and had different values depending on the historical era and location. In some contexts, it was equivalent to 20 gerahs.
The bekah or bekan was a smaller unit of weight and currency in Biblical Hebrew. It was often associated with the value of metals like silver and had a value that was a fraction of a shekel.