שַׂגִּיא

Biblical Aramaic

great — used 13 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

great tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שַׂגִּיא: adj. great, much tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. great, much;—abs. שׂ׳ Dn 2:6 +, fpl. שַׂגִּיאָן 2:48 Ezr 5:11;— great, of image Dn 2:31 (in vision), height of tree 4:7 (id.); of honour 2:6. much, fruit 4:9, 18, flesh 7:5; pl. many, years Ezr 5:11, gifts Dn 2:48. as adv. exceedingly, 2:12; 5:9; 6:15, 24; 7:28.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: exceedingly (5); [was] plentiful (2); great (2).

In the verses

Daniel 5:9 · tree →

אֱ֠דַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א בֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ שַׂגִּ֣יא מִתְבָּהַ֔ל וְזִיוֺ֖הִי שָׁנַ֣יִן עֲל֑וֹהִי וְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין׃

Word for word: then the king Belshazzar exceedingly [was].alarmed and brightness(es) his [were].changing on him and nobles his [were].dumbfounded

JPS 1917: Then was king Belshazzar greatly affrighted, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

Daniel 2:12 · tree →

כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֔ה מַלְכָּ֕א בְּנַ֖ס וּקְצַ֣ף שַׂגִּ֑יא וַאֲמַר֙ לְה֣וֹבָדָ֔ה לְכֹ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃

Word for word: as to because this the king he.was.angry and he.was.furious exceedingly and he.said to destroy (et) all the.wise.men of.Babylon

JPS 1917: For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

On Mova

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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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