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title: שֵׁגָל — consort · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שֵׁגָל (lemma:שֵׁגָל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: consort. BDB 1906: n.f. consort. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁגָל

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«שֵׁגָל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **consort** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:שֵׁגָל · **BDB:** שֵׁגָל

### Glosses

wives (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

consort [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b5_5c1_5d2_5b8_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. consort [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b5_5c1_5d2_5b8_5dc/#m2)

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**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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b5_5c1_5d2_5b8_5dc/#m3)

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**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

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁגָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b5_5c1_5d2_5b8_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.3/)

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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.

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[Daniel 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.2/)

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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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