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sgy, śgyˀ (śaggīˀ -> saggī) adj./adv. many, much
1
many, much
Common (except: OA)
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .50↗ עד זי לעדן̇ [א]חרן וליומן אחרנן שגיאן‏ : until another time and numerous other days ; ADAB B.4:R:1↗ šlm wšrrt šgyˀ hwšrt lˀḥy : peace and much well-being I hereby send to my brother ; Dan 2:6↗ מַתְּנָן וּנְבִזְבָּה וִיקָר שַׂגִּיא תְּקַבְּלוּן מִן־קֳדָמָי‏ ; PAT+11.5↗ wmṣbt bšbḥyn wbyqryn šgyˀyn : decorated with many praiseworthy and valuable things ; 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 ; Lag(346) Luke12:16↗ ܘܐܥܠܬ݁ ܠܗ ܥ̈ܠܠܬܐ ܣܓܝܐܬ̈ܐ‏ : it produced much produce for him ; SamTgJ Gen24:25↗ אף תבן אף כסה סגי עמנן‏ : we also have a lot of straw and a lot of fodder ; BT Tan 10a(14)↗ חשוך ענני סגיאין מימיהו‏ : (if ) the clouds have become dark their water is plentiful
(1)
as adverb: much, very, very well
Common Aramaic
Dan 5:9↗ אֱדַיִן מַלְכָּא בֵלְשַׁאצַּר שַׂגִּיא מִתְבָּהַל‏ : then was King Belshazzar greatly perturbed ; 4QEne1.26.20↗ וארחקת שגיא מנה‏ : I went quite far away from it ; BR 92:4(2)↗ והוא חביב עלינן סגין בכל יומי שתה‏ : among all the days of the year it is much beloved by us ; CPAHor 263:1↗ ܕܐܬ ܝܕܥ ܣܓܝ ܕܝܡܘܬ݁ܗ‏ : whose likeness you know well ; Tobit(Med) 5.22 chap 3↗ אתאלץ סגי ובכא‏ : he was very troubled and wept
(1)
ܒܣܓܝ : abundantly, in much
CPA, Syr
OS LkCur16:10↗ ܡܢ ܕܒܩܠܝܠ ܓܝܪ ܡܗܝܡܢ ܐܦ ܒܣܓܝ ܡܗܝܡܢ ܗܘ܂ ܘܡܢ ܕܒܩܠܝܠ ܥܘܠ ܐܦ ܒܣܓܝ ܥܘܠ ܗܘ‏ : he that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much ; HippAp 9(11)↗ ܗ݀ܝ ܕܒܣܓܝ ܣܓܝ ܘܡܢܫܝܠ ܢܡܠܐ ܐܘ݁ ܢܣܦܩ܃ ܐܘ݁ ܢܐ݁ܚܡ ܐܘ݁ ܢܐܩܪ‏ : that which in very great amounts and suddenly becomes full or empty or hot or cold
(1)
for much, expensively
Syr
OS MtSin26:9↗ ܡܫܟܚ ܗܘܐ ܓܝܪ ܗܢܐ ܕܢܙܕܒܢ ܒܣܓܝ ܘܢܬܝܗܒ ܠܡܣ̈ܟܢܐ‏ : it is possible for this to be sold for much and to be given to the poor
(2)
ܒܕܣܓܝ܂ ܕܒܣܓܝ : largely, mostly, in general
Syr
Bhchr 97:20↗ ܒܕܣܓܝ ܢܕܝܕܝܢ ܗ݀ܘܘ ܗܝܕܝܟ ܐܪ̈ܒܝܐ‏ : at that time the Arabs were mostly very dirty
(2)
as subst.: many people, things, etc.
Common Aramaic
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
(1)
ܒܣܓܝ̈ܐܬܐ : in a manifold way
Syr
AGnEx 26.8↗ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕܒܕ̈ܠܝܠܬܐ ܢܥܒܪ ܥܠ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܐܡ݁ܪ ܗܘܐ݂܂ ܘܒܣܓܝ̈ܐܬܐ ܢܫܬܥܐ ܐܢܝܢ ܠܗܠܝܢ ܕܫܒ݂ܩ ܗܘܐ݂‏ : so that we might pass over in a few words those things he did say while relating at length those things that he left out
(2)
סגיאי : the public [=MH הרבים]
JBAg
SShHai 11a(20) שבילא דסגיאי‏ : a public walkway
(3)
great, extreme
Syr
Ps-Clem Recogs 1.2:16↗ ܡܬܕܝܒ ܒܫܚܩܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ‏ : wasting away in great misery ; JS_Elijah 4:277↗ ܣܲܓܼܝ ܢܒܼܝܵܐ ܐܼܝܬܲܘܗ̄ܝ‏ : he is a great prophet
(1)
in construct to form a compound adjective (see also below)
Gal, Syr, LJLA
MSam(1) 48:9↗ כאינש דצווח לסמיא דסגי נהוריה‏ : like someone who calls at the blind person that "his light is much" ; OS LkSin2:36↗ ܗܝ ܣܓܝܐܬ ܝܘܡ̈ܬܐ‏ : she is very old ; Kays 228:8↗ ܐܬܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܣ݁ܓܝ݂̈ܐܝܝ ܡܝ̈ܐ‏ : places with much water ; ISSW 7:21↗ ܝܲܡܵܐ ܣܲܓܼܝ ܓ̈ܲܠܠܸܐ‏ : the sea of many waves ; TgJob32:7↗ וסגיעי שניא יודעון חכמתא‏ : many-yeared ones teach wisdom
(2)
ܟܕ ܣܿܓܝ : at the most, maximally
Syr
BHCandBak 408:8 ܚ݁ܝܐ ܕܝܢ ܟܠܒܐ ܟܕ ܣ݁ܓܝ ܥܣܪ̈ܝܢ ܫܢ̈ܝܢ‏ : a dog lives twenty years at most
2
enough, too much
(1)
+ ל : enough!
JLAtg
TgO Num16:7↗ סַגִי לְכוֹן בְנֵי לֵוִי‏ : that's enough of you, sons of Levi
(2)
לא סגי : not enough
JBA, LJLA
BT Ned 64b(8)↗ כיון דכל נדרי לא סגי להון בלא חכם‏ : since in the case of all vows (annulment) is not sufficient for them without a sage ; BT BB 4b(10)↗ הוצא לא סגי ליה אלא בשטרא‏ : a palm fence is not enough without a deed ; 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
(1)
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 ...
3
(gram.) pl.: syāmē, plural diacritical points
Syr
JBhSy 16:1 text not cited
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MA and older: śgyˀ, śgy; often used adverbially (i.e. without inflection) even in attributive contexts. In LJLA the aleph glide is often replaced by ayin as a spelling convention. In JPA, the adverbial usage normally uses the plural-looking form סגינ . Note that vocalized Cairo Genizah targumic texts show /e/ in the first syllable.
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Also see note s.v. sgy vb.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 968[458]DJPA: 367aDJBA: 787bJastrow: 954Drower/Macuch: 309a, 324bPayne-Smith: 2518Levy Ch-W: 2:142Tal Sam: 566DCPA[Schulthess]: 278[131]DJA: 67aQumran: 246

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