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to carry  Syr, JBA, LJLA.  TgProv17:8 : חיסודא היא באפי מאן דשקיל ליה לכל אתר דמתפני סיכלא‏  it is a disgrace for whoever carries it to wherever a fool turns. to weigh: see s.v. tql  JLAtg, Syr. w. עין‏ : to lift up the eyes, look  Qumran, Man, LJLAmag.  GenApoc 21.9 : שקול עיניך וחזי למדנחא ולמערבא ולדרומא ולצפונא‏  lift up your eyes and look to the east and to the west and to the south and to the north.

  to take away, remove  Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA.  TgEsth¹03:6 : יעקב דשקל מן עשו אבא דאבוי ית בכרותא‏  Jacob, who took the birthright away from his grandfather Esau. w. טרי‏ : to discuss, negotiate, argue  JBA, LJLA.  TgSong3:8 : ושקלן וטרן בהון כגברין מאלפי קרבא‏ .  TgRuth4:7 : בזמן דשקלין וטרן‏ .

  to take, take as acceptable, accept  Gal, Syr, BabMBK, JBAg, LJLA.  TgEsth² 1:2(0) : מן שירויא דעלמא בוכרין הוו שקלין רבותא ויקרא‏  from the beginning of the World the eldest sons have taken the honor and the glory.   w. מכר‏ : to buy and sell : have business dealings  LJLA.  TgIChron 4:10 : ותהי ידך עמי במשקל ומכרא‏  and if You aid me in business dealings. to take as a wife  Syr, LJLA.  TgEsth² 1:16(6) : והוה ממוכן שקיל אינתתא פרסייתא דעתירא מיניה‏  PN had taken a Persian wife who was richer than he.

  to impose, load on  JLAtg, Syr.  TgO Ex23:5 : וְתִתמְנַע מִלְמִשקַל/מִלְמִשבַק/ לֵיה‏  you keep from loading(? or: lifting him up?, var. abandoning) it [reflecting the ancient and modern! uncertainty about the meaning of the MT עזב in this verse].

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  to be taken away from someone  Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA.

All of the JLA examples are dubious, since this is a later Eastern usage, although the Qumran (and Samaritan) examples support usage in the west
  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 565a; DJBA: 1174a; Jastrow: 1623; Levy Ch-W: 2:511; Tal Sam: 926; DNWSI: 1187; Cook,Qumran: 243;

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Derivatives:

mšqwlh, mšqwltˀ (mašq(ū)lā, mašqūltā) n.f.   plummet; scale

mšqwly, mšqwlytˀ n.f.   plummet

šqwly n.f.   scale