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Gerah (Biblical Hebrew)

The gerah was the smallest unit of weight in ancient Biblical Hebrew measurement systems. It is traditionally considered 1/20 of a shekel.

Since a shekel weighed about 11 grams, a gerah would weigh roughly 0.55 grams. The gerah was used to measure small amounts of precious metals like silver and gold, important in commerce and religious rituals.

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  1 gerah = 1/20 shekel ≈ 0.55 grams

  
  
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  Smallest Biblical Hebrew weight unit

  
  
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  Used for precise measurement of metals and offerings

  
  

Milligram (mg)

A milligram is a unit of mass in the metric system, equal to one-thousandth of a gram:

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  1 milligram = 0.001 grams = 10⁻⁶ kilograms

  
  
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  Symbol: mg

  
  
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  Commonly used in medicine, nutrition, and science to measure very small quantities (e.g., dosage of medication, vitamin content, or chemical substances).

  
  

Key Facts:

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  1 mg = 0.001 g

  
  
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  1,000 mg = 1 g

  
  
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  Ideal for measuring very small masses precisely

  
  
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  Standard in healthcare, pharmacology, and lab work

  
  

The milligram allows for accurate, detailed mass measurement at small scales.