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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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mtql noun sg. emphatic
mtql, mtqlˀ (maṯqāl, maṯqālā) n.m. weight; scale
1 weight Com, -OA -OfA -BA. ▶ more

--(a) weighing CPA, Syr.

--(b) burden CPA, Syr.

(b.1) quantity CPA, Syr.
2 scale, balance CPA, Syr. ▶ more

--(a) (astron.) Libra CPA, Syr.

--(b) bmaṯqālā : by (limited?) weight JLAtg, PTA, Syr.

(b.1) in a measured, appropriate way Syr.
3 shekel CPA, Sam, Syr. ▶ more

--(a) half-shekel CPA, Syr.

--(b) one and a half drams Man.