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סַגִּיא שַׂגִּיא‏ adj./adv. many, much

many, much Com^-OA. Dan2:6 : מַתְּנָן וּנְבִזְבָּה וִיקָר שַׂגִּיא תְּקַבְּלוּן מִן־קֳדָמָי‏ . GenApoc 5.18 : חמס שגי יעבדון‏ they will commit much violence. TgO Gen30:43 : וַהֲוָה לֵיה עָן סַגִיאָן‏ he had a lot of small cattle. as adverb: much, very, very well Com. Dan5:9 : אֱדַיִן מַלְכָּא בֵלְשַׁאצַּר שַׂגִּיא מִתְבָּהַל‏ then was King Belshazzar greatly perturbed. 4QEn^e1.26.20 : וארחקת שגיא מנה‏ I went quite far away from it. Tobit(Med) 5.22 chap 3 : אתאלץ סגי ובכא‏ he was very troubled and wept. as subst.: many people, things, etc. Com. 11QtgJob 26.4=35:9 : מן קדם סגיאין‏ . TgO Ex23:2 : לָא תְהֵי בָתַר סַגִיאֵי לְאַבאָשָא‏ do not follow the crowd to do evil. PJ Ex23:2 : לא תהוון בתר סגיאין למבאשא‏ . in construct to form a compound adjective (see also below) Gal, Syr, LJLA. TgJob32:7 : וסגיעי שניא יודעון חכמתא‏ many-yeared ones teach wisdom. view entire list + ל‏ : enough! JLAtg. TgO Num16:7 : סַגִי לְכוֹן בְנֵי לֵוִי‏ that's enough of you, sons of Levi. לא סגי‏ : not enough JBA, LJLA. PJ Num30:16 : ואין מישרא ישרי לה יומא חד בתר דשמע לא סגיא לה בשרותא‏ if he should indeed release her a single day after he heard, it is not enough of a release for her. לא סגי ٠٠٠ אלאהין‏ : it is not enough ... also LJLA. DMordecai:44 : וכדון לא סגי לנא גלותנא דהינון מפלחין יתנא בקשיו {הינונ} אילהין <הינון> אמרין‏ as if our exile, in which they make us work hard labor, were not enough, they also say ....

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 367a; DJBA: 787b; Jastrow: 954; Levy Ch-W: 2:142; Tal Sam: 566; DJA: 67a; Cook,Qumran: 246;

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Derivatives:

sgyˀh (saggīā) n.f. abundance

sgyˀw, sgyˀwtˀ (saggīū, saggīūṯā) n.f. multitude