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sgy (i[a]/e) vb. to be many
GDCGtCt
Gpəˁalto be(come) many3 senses▶
1
to be(come) many
Common Aramaic
Ezra 4:22↗ לְמָה יִשְׂגֵּא חֲבָלָא לְהַנְזָקַת מַלְכִין‏ : why should the damage increase to the bother of kings ; 4Q566 2:1↗ י̊שגו̊ן̊[ ٠٠٠‏ ; 4Q541 9.1:5↗ text not cited ; TgO Gen6:1↗ כַד שָרִיאוּ בְנֵי אֲנָשָא לְמִסגֵי עַל אַפֵי אַרעָא‏ : when human beings began to be numerous on the earth ; GT E Gen9:7↗ ואתון תקופו וסגון שרוצו בארעה וסגון בה‏ ; P Mt5:12↗ ܕ݁ܲܐܓ݂ܪܟ݂ܘ݂ܢ ܣܓ݂ܼܝ ܒ݁ܲܫܡܲܝܵܐ‏ : for your reward in heaven has become much ; BT Yom 88a(33)↗ מפיש חיי סגי ומסגי‏ : he will live long, increase, and cause to increase [i.e. will have children and grandchildren] ; PJ Gen1:28↗ פושו וסגו ומלו ית ארעא בנ<י>ן ובנן‏ : increase, become many, and fill the earth with sons and daughters ; Tobit(Med) 4.8 chap 1↗ ובהלין יומיא סגיאו אנגרייתא‏ : in those days forced labor recruitments were many
(1)
as co-verb : to do much
Syr
SugMgab 1:33↗ ܟܡܐ ܐܢ ܬܣܓܐ ܘܬܫܓܫܢܝ‏ : however much you flatter me ; LSt.24:13↗ ܟܡܐ ܕܣܓܐ ܫܬܐ ܐܢܫ ܡܢܗ‏ : however much a person drinks of it
2
to grow
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Gen26:13↗ וֻרבָא גֻברָא אָזֵיל סָגֵי וֻרָבֵי עַד דִרבָא לַחדָא‏
(1)
to do well, flourish
Syr
KwD<sup>2</sup> 120:14 ܟܠܗܘܢ ܥܒ̈ܕܘܗܝ ܣܓ݁ܝܢ‏ : all his works flourish ; PeterRome 40:15↗ ܟܕ ܣܓܝܬ ܗܘܬ ܚܕܘܬܐ ܒܡܠܦܢܘܬܗ‏ : when the joy in his teaching had become well-established
3
to be sufficient for someone
Syr, JBA, JBAg
JS_Elijah 1:20↗ ܕܟܽܠܝܽܘܡ ܣܵܓܸܐ ܠܟܽܠ ܕܵܐܟܸܠ ܠܸܗ ܡܸܢ ܦܵܬܽܘܪܸܗ‏ : that always suffices for all who eat from His table ; BT Ara 28a(20)↗ אבל שדה סגי ליה בדסתורן‏ : but with a "field", having d’ tenancy is sufficient for him
(1)
לא זגי דלא٠ לא סגי דלא : one must, it is only possible if
JBA
BT Šab 22b(15)↗ הכא דכיון דקביעי נרות לא סגי דלאו משקל בקינסא ואדלוקי‏ : here since the lamps are fixed, he must take a piece of wood and light (each one)
Dpaˁˁelto make numerous or to provide with much2 senses▶
1
to make numerous or to provide with much
PTA, Syr
GT D Gen48:4↗ הָא אֲנָה מְתֹקֵף יָתַךְ וּמְסַגֵּי יָתָךְ‏ ; IshGen 182:20↗ ܫܪܬܚܢ ܠܡ ܐܠܗܐ ܘܣܓܝܢ‏ : God has made us abundant and made us numerous †
2
to be very numerous (see note)
JLAtg
TgJ Jer15:8↗ סַגִיאָה קֳדָמַי אַרמְלָתְהוֹן מֵחָל יַמְמִין‏ : before me their widows were more numerous than sea sand ; TgJ Hos9:7↗ עַל דְסַגִיאוּ"דִסְגִיאוּ" חוֹבַך תַקִיפוּ"תְקִיפוּ" חְטָאַך‏ : †
Cˀafˁelto make numerous3 senses▶
1
to make numerous
Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
11QtgJob 35.3=40:24↗ ٠٠٠ ]זו̇זיא כטינא יסגא‏ : if] he makes half-shekels as numerous as clay ; TgO Gen16:10↗ אַסגָאָה אַסגֵי יָת בְנַכִי וְלָא יִתמְנוֹן מִסגֵי‏ : I shall surely make your offspring numerous so that they will be too many to count ; GT C Gen34:12↗ אֶסְגּוֹן עַלַי לַחדא פְּרֶין וקדשין‏ : make the dowry and marriage settlement very extensive for me ; SamTgJ Ex7:3↗ ואסגי ית סימני וית פליהתי בארע מצרים‏ : I shall make my signs and my wonders numerous in the land of Egypt ; P Gn3:16↗ ܡܣܓܝܘ ܐܣܓܐ ܟܐ̈ܒܝܟܝ‏ : I shall surely multiply your pains ; PJ Gen16:10↗ אסגאה אסגי ית בנייכי ולא יתמנון מסגי‏ : I shall indeed make your children numerous and uncountable due to their abundance
(1)
to enlarge, make abundant
JLAtg, PTA, Syr
TgO Gen19:19↗ וְאַסגִיתָא טֵיבוּתָך דַעֲבַדת עִמִי‏ ; TN Num26:54↗ לשבטא דעמא סגין תסגון אחסנתיה‏ : you will increase the holdings of a numerous tribe of the people ; OS LkSin1:58↗ ܘܫܡܥܘ ܫܒܒ̈ܝܗ ܘܒ̈ܢܝ ܛܘܗܡܗ ܕܐܣܓܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܚܢܢܗ ܠܘܬܗ‏
(1)
+ ܠܘܬ : to provide for abundantly
Syr
BHGr 2(7) ܡܫܡܠ̈ܝܐ ܫܘ̈ܟܢܐ݂ ܠܘܬܝ ܐܣܓܝܬ‏ : you have abundantly provided me with gifted perfections
(2)
+על : to make too many for
JLAtg
TgJ Is43:23↗ לָא אַסגִיתִי עְלָך בְקוּרבָנִין וְלָא אַתקֵיפִית עלָך בִלבוֹנְתָא‏ : I did not overwhelm you with offerings nor oppress you with incense
2
w. co-verb : to do something often or much
Syr
EphPar 9:22.3↗ ܐܣܓܝ ܫܡܢ ܕܟܦܢ ܘܐܣܓܝ ܫܦܪ ܕܨܗܝ‏ : he grew very fat in that he was hungry and grew very beautiful in that he was thirsty ; LG 5:11(1)↗ ܡܵܢܵܐ ܐܲܣܓܸܐ ܐܸܟܬܘ݂ܒ ܠܵܟ‏ : what more could I write you
(1)
w. l_ infinitive
JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
TgO Gen18:27↗ אַסגִיתִי לְמַלָלָא קְדָם יוי‏ ; TN Ex36:5↗ מסגין עמא למייתה כמסת פלחנא לעבידתה‏ : [=MT מַרְבִּים הָעָם לְהָבִיא מִדֵּי הָעֲבֹדָה לַמְּלָאכָה] ; PJ Ex16:18↗ מאן דאסגי למילקט‏ : someone who gathered too much
(2)
to do again
PTA
TN Gen44:23↗ לא תסגון למיחזי"למיחמי" סבר אפוי‏
(3)
to increase the effect
Syr
LawsCoun.34.13↗ ܘܒܙܒܢ ܡܥܕܪ ܠܗ݀ ܠܟܝܢܐ ܘܡܣܓܐ܂ ܘܒܙܒܢ ܡܣܓܦ ܠܗ ܘܡܟܐܪ‏ : sometimes it (fate) helps nature and increases its effect, and sometimes it harms it and gives it difficulty
3
(gram.) to make plural
Syr
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto increase in number1 sense▶
to increase in number
Gal, PTA, CPA, LJLA
TN Gen47:27↗ ואיסתגון" לחדא‏ ; CPA IIPet1:2↗ ܘܫܝܠܡ ܐܝܣܬܓܝ ܒܐܟܪܘܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ‏ : peace increased through knowledge of God ; PJ Gen48:16↗ והיכמא דכוורי ימא סגי ומסתגי במיא‏ : just as the sea's fish multiply and increase in number in the water
Ctˀettafˁalto be multiplied2 senses▶
1
to be multiplied
Syr
2PetrH 1:2 text not cited
2
to be made plural
Syr
BhGr 154:19 text not cited
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Syr. perfect both ܣܓܵܐ‏ and ܣܓܼܝ‏ ; JBA also זגי
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Some JLAtg traditions clearly treat some examples of the form saggī as a D perfect of this verb rather than as an adjectival form, as in the texts here cited.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 967[457]DJPA: 367bDJBA: 786bJastrow: 953Drower/Macuch: 317b, 249aPayne-Smith: 2517J. Payne-Smith: 360Levy Ch-W: 2:141Tal Sam: 564bDCPA[Schulthess]: 278[131]DJA: 67aQumran: 246

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