Jeff Martin sends an email to various recipients providing information about currency exchange rates between the US dollar and Israeli shekel. He includes the Hebrew word for shekel and asks recipients to guess whether it is a masculine or feminine word, and to provide the Hebrew word for "money" and its literal meaning. Martin also shares the phrase for asking "How much is this?" in Hebrew.

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From: Jeff Martin/USW/SArmy
To: Angela Strickland/SW/USW/SArmy@USW, Claudia Ruiz/SC/USW/SArmy@USW,
Colleen Riley/DO/USW/SArmy@USW, Darren Trimmer/SDM/USW/SArmy@USW,
David Allen/IM/USW/SArmy@USW, Derek Strickland/SW/USW/SArmy@USW, Donna
Hood/USN/SArmy@USN, Doug Riley/DO/USW/SArmy@USW, Edward
Hill/HI/USW/SArmy@USW, Erica Helton/USW/SArmy@USW, George
Hood/USN/SArmy@USN, Ian Robinson/SC/USW/SArmy@USW, Isobel
Robinson/SC/USW/SArmy@USW, Jeanne Stromberg/DO/USW/SArmy@USW, John
Van Cleef/SC/USW/SArmy@USW, LeAnn Trimmer/SDM/USW/SArmy@USW, Lee
Lescano/SDM/USW/SArmy@USW, Lisa Van Cleef/SC/USW/SArmy@USW, Marcia
Smith/GS/USW/SArmy@USW, Mario Ruiz/SC/USW/SArmy@USW, Mark
Nelson/ARCC/USW/SArmy@USW, Michele Lescano/SDM/USW/SArmy@USW, Noelle
Nelson/ARCC/USW/SArmy@USW, Rhonda Lloyd/SW/USW/SArmy@USW, Robert
Lloyd/SW/USW/SArmy@USW, Shelley Hill/HI/USW/SArmy, Steve
Smith/GS/USW/SArmy@USW, John Desplancke/ARCC/USW/SArmy@USW, Linnea
Desplancke/ARCC/USW/SArmy@USW, Howard Bennett/USW/SArmy@USW,
RGHAGERTY@aol.com, Roy Wild/USW/SArmy@USW, Paula Wild/USW/SArmy@USW,
Janene Zielinski/DO/USW/SArmy@USW, Michael Zielinski/DO/USW/SArmy@USW,
"Bryan Land" <bryan@bryanlandagency.com>, Judy Smith/USW/SArmy@USW,
Eloisa Martin/USW/SArmy@USW, Jeff Martin/USW/SArmy@USW
Cc: Hope Maxey/USW/SArmy@USW
Date: Sunday, August 14, 2011 4:43 PM
Subject: The Shopping with the Shekel
History: This message has been forwarded.
Greetings Pilgrims,
You will feel a little richer when you get to Israel and exchange dollars for shekels. At this
moment the US Dollar will buy 3.565 shekels, but as you know the daily rate changes all
the time. We’ll just have to wait and see what we get when we get there.
Below I have the English word and the Hebrew word together so you can see what it
looks like in Hebrew. Most Hebrew words are based on three letter combinations so this is
a good example. It will change depending upon how it is used in a sentence.
Shekel lqv (In case your computer does not display correctly this is Shin, Qof,
Lamed - reading right to left)
Now I would like to ask some questions in case this is of interest to anyone.
1. Hebrew has both masculine and feminine gender words. Is “Shekel”
masculine or feminine?
2. Shekel is what the currency for Israel is called. The shekel was originally a
unit of weight in the same way that we use the “ounce”. What is the Hebrew
word for “money” and what does that word literally mean?
I hope a get a few people who would like to guess. I’ll just keep on doing things to keep
you thinking about our coming adventure.
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A new word for you......
If you want to ask... "How much is this?" In Hebrew you say: Cama ze? or Cama ze
ole? It sounds like "Comma Zay Olay". Or you could just say "Cama?"
God bless!
Jeff Martin, Major
Education Secretary
Ps 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all
those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever. NKJV
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