Lexical Definition

‎שֵׁגָל‎ shêgâl (shay-gawl') consort ^A:N-F
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎שֵׁגָל‎

wife.

• a (legitimate) queen

1) king's wife, king's concubine, (royal) consort

Extended Information

Aramaic of: שֵׁגָל

• Aramaic of she.gal (‎ש‎ֵׁ‎ג‎ָ‎ל‎ "queen" שֵׁגָל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שֵׁגָל‎] noun feminine (royal) consort (compare Biblical Hebrew id.; √ unknown Hpt^{Gu Ezr-Ne, p. 65} conjectures Assyrian šigrêti, harem-women); — plural suffix ‎ֵ˜שׁגְלָתָךְ‎ Dan 5:23, ‎ֵ˜שׁגְלָתֵהּ‎ vDan 5:2 vDan 5:3.

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