Sentence:  The "shekel" was an Israelite unit of weight that appears to have weighed about 10g, and so it is the rough equivalent of the Egyptian <WSD>"kite</WSD>", which also weighed about 10g. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A measure of weight equivalent to 0.1 deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).