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# סְגַן

Biblical Aramaic

**prefect** — used 5 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

prefect [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5d2_5b7_5df/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סְגַן: n.m. prefect [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5d2_5b7_5df/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. prefect (𝔗 (rare), Egyptian Aramaic S-CD 13; v. BH (late), Assyrian loan-word);—pl. abs. סִגְנִין Dn 2:48; emph. סִגְנַיָּא 3:2, 3, 27; 6:8.

### Jastrow 1903

סְגַן: pl. Pl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5d2_5b7_5df/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** Targ. Jer. LII, 24 ס׳ כהניא (h. text כהן המשנה), v. preced.—Targ. II Kings XXIII, 4 (h. text pl.); a. fr.—Pl. סִגְנִין, סִגְנַיָּא, סִגְנַיָּה, סִגְנֵי, סִי׳. Targ. I Chr. XVIII, 16.—Snh. 110ᵃ ס׳ דכהנא (Ms. M. סגני כהנים, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). Ib. 106ᵃ, v. זְנֵי. Esth. R. to I, 3, v. טָעֲמָא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (4); of prefects (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:48](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.48/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.48/#tree)

אֱדַ֨יִן מַלְכָּ֜א לְדָנִיֵּ֣אל רַבִּ֗י וּמַתְּנָ֨ן רַבְרְבָ֤ן שַׂגִּיאָן֙ יְהַב־לֵ֔הּ וְהַ֨שְׁלְטֵ֔הּ עַ֖ל כָּל־מְדִינַ֣ת בָּבֶ֑ל וְרַב־סִגְנִ֔ין עַ֖ל כָּל־חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* then the king (et) Daniel he.made.great and gifts great many he.gave to him and he made.him.ruler over all the.province of.Babylon and chief of.prefects over all the.wise.men of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

[Daniel 3:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.2/#tree)

וּנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֡א שְׁלַ֡ח לְמִכְנַ֣שׁ ׀ לַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֡א סִגְנַיָּ֣א וּֽפַחֲוָתָ֡א אֲדַרְגָּזְרַיָּא֩ גְדָ֨בְרַיָּ֤א דְּתָבְרַיָּא֙ תִּפְתָּיֵ֔א וְכֹ֖ל שִׁלְטֹנֵ֣י מְדִֽינָתָ֑א לְמֵתֵא֙ לַחֲנֻכַּ֣ת צַלְמָ֔א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ים נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר מַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and Nebuchadnezzar the king he.sent to gather (et) the satraps the prefects and the governors the counselors the ministers the judges the magistrates and all the.authorities of the.provinces to come to the.dedication of the.image which he.had.set.up Nebuchadnezzar the king

*JPS 1917:* Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5d2_5b7_5df.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5d2_5b7_5df/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).