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swgy, swgyˀ (sŭḡē, sugˀā) n.m. large amount, multitude
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large amount, multitude
Qumran, JLAtg, JPAEpig, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen17:4↗ וֻתהֵי לְאַב סְגֵי עַמְמִין‏ ; TrShem 2a:11↗ וב{י}<ו>ש יהוי בסוגייה דבני אנשה‏ : there will be sickness among many people ; GT G Exod15:7↗ וֻבִסְגִי תָקְפָך תְבַרְתַּנוֹן‏ : with your abundant strength you broke them ; CPA IICor2:6↗ ܗܕܐ ܙܥܦܬܐ ܕܡܢ ܣܘ̈ܓܝܐ ܣܘ̈ܓܝܐ‏ : this punishment which is from very many ; LG 20:17(3)↗ ܘܲܐܝܟ ܣܘ݂ܓܐܵܐ ܕܪ̈ܲܚܡܲܝܟ‏ : according to the abundance of your mercy ; TgLam1:5↗ על סגי מרודתה‏ : [=MT עַל רֹב־פְּשָׁעֶיהָ]
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pl. many
CPA
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majority
Gal, PTA
TN Ex23:2↗ לא תהוון אזלין בתר סוגיא למבעשא‏ : you should not follow the majority to do evil
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used adverbially
Syr, LJLA
ThbK1 84:7↗ ܣܘܓܐܐ ܐܪܝܟ ܗܘܐ ܚܘܝܐ‏ : the Serpent was enormously long ; P Susanna:4↗ ܥܬܝܪ ܗܘܐ ܛܒ ܣܘܓܐܐ‏ : he was very very rich ; P Ezra5:8↗ ܘܥܪ̈ܩܐ ܣܘܓܐܐ ܩܛܝܪ̈ܢ ܒܐܣ̈ܝܗ݀‏ : timbers are tied into its walls in large numbers ; TgPs51:4↗ סוגעא תחוורינני מן עוייתי‏ : clean me thoroughly of my transgressions
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מסגי, מן סגי : due to the large number
JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
TgO Gen32:13↗ כְחָלָא דְיַמָא דְלָא יִתמְנוֹן מִסְגֵי‏ : like the sand of the sea that cannot be counted because it is so numerous ; TgJ Jos9:13↗ וֻמסָנַנָא בְלִיאוּ מִסְגֵי אוֹרחָא לַחדָא‏ : our shoes wore out from the very great distance of the journey ; GT C Gen32:13↗ כְּחָלֵיהּ דְּיֶמָּא דִּי לָא יֶתְמַנוֹן מֶן סוֹגִי‏ ; PJ Gen16:10↗ אסגאה אסגי ית בנייכי ולא יתמנון מסגי‏ : I shall increase your children and they will not be countable due to the large number
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לִסגֵי‏, בִּסגֵי‏ : in large amounts, numerous
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ 1K1:25↗ וֻנכַס תוּרִין וֻפַטִימִין וְעָן לִסגֵי‏ : he has slaughtered oxen and fatlings and small cattle in large numbers ; TgJ 1K4:20↗ יְהוּדָה וְיִשרָאֵל סַגִיאִין כְחָלָא דְעַל יַמָא לִסגֵי‏ : Judah and Israel are as numerous as the sand on the sea ; PJ Gen30:30↗ ותקיף לסגי‏
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ܐܝܟ ܕܒܣܘܓܐܐ : mostly, in general
Syr
GregNysLR.205.23↗ ܐܦ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܟܝܢܗܘܢ ܐܝܟ ܕܒܣܘܓܐܐ܃ ܒܝܕ ܩܠܝܠܘܬܗ ܠܥܠ ܡܬܥܠܐ‏ : even those whose nature generally rises up by means of its lightness ; HippAp 6(9)↗ ܐܝܟ ܕܒܣܘܓܐܐ ܠܐ ܡܪܓܫܝܢ ܒܟܐܒ̈ܐ‏ : they usually do not sense the pains
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JLA סְגֵי; Syr ܣܘܓܐ܂ ܣܘܓܐ‏; LJLA סוגעא ; for the construct state in Syriac use is made of the complementary form swgˀh, swgˀtˀ n.f.
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In the adverbial expression bisgē, the usage corresponds rather to Syriac bsaggī (see s.v. sgy adj.); thus the vocalization tradition of JLA may be considered somewhat suspicious.

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