שֵׁגָל

Biblical Aramaic

consort — used 3 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

consort tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֵׁגָל: n.f. consort tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. (royal) consort (cf. BH id.; √ unknown HptGu Ezr-Ne, p. 66 conj. Assyrian šigrêti, harem-women);—pl. sf. שֵֽׁגְלָתָךְ Dn 5:23, שֵֽׁגְלָתֵהּ v 2, 3.

Jastrow 1903

שֵׁגָל: wife mistress shegal? shegal shegal tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

king’s wife or mistress. R. Hash. 4ᵃ (ref. to Neh. II, 6) מאי ש׳ אמר … כלבתא what is shegal? Said Rabbah …, a she-dog. Ib. (ref. to Ps. XLV, 10) ואי ש׳ כלבתא היא וכ׳ if shegal meant dog, what good tidings did the prophet announce for Israel? Ib. לעולם ש׳ מלכתא היא וכ׳ shegal means in general queen, and that opinion of Rabbah … (as regards Neh. l. c.) is a tradition &c.—Pl. שִׁגְלוֹנוֹת (fr. שגלון). Snh. 95ᵇ

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: wives (3).

In the verses

Daniel 5:3 · tree →

בֵּאדַ֗יִן הַיְתִיו֙ מָאנֵ֣י דַהֲבָ֔א דִּ֣י הַנְפִּ֗קוּ מִן־הֵֽיכְלָ֛א דִּֽי־בֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירֽוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וְאִשְׁתִּ֣יו בְּה֗וֹן מַלְכָּא֙ וְרַבְרְבָנ֔וֹהִי שֵׁגְלָתֵ֖הּ וּלְחֵנָתֵֽהּ׃

Word for word: then they.brought the.vessels of.(the) gold which they.had.brought.out from the temple which [was].the.house of.(the) God which [was].in Jerusalem and they.drank with them the king and nobles his wives his and concubines his

JPS 1917: Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his lords, his consorts and his concubines, drank in them.

Daniel 5:2 · tree →

בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֞ר אֲמַ֣ר ׀ בִּטְעֵ֣ם חַמְרָ֗א לְהַיְתָיָה֙ לְמָאנֵי֙ דַּהֲבָ֣א וְכַסְפָּ֔א דִּ֤י הַנְפֵּק֙ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר אֲבוּ֔הִי מִן־הֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וְיִשְׁתּ֣וֹן בְּה֗וֹן מַלְכָּא֙ וְרַבְרְבָנ֔וֹהִי שֵׁגְלָתֵ֖הּ וּלְחֵנָתֵֽהּ׃

Word for word: Belshazzar he.said in the.taste of the.wine to bring (et).the vessels of.(the) gold and (the) silver which he.had.brought.out Nebuchadnezzar father his from the temple which [was].in Jerusalem so that.they.may.drink with them the king and nobles his wives his and concubines his

JPS 1917: Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his consorts and his concubines, might drink therein.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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