A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/שגרונא - שדא
שגרונא, שי׳ m. (שגר I, 2) dragging or casting the legs, hip-disease. Hull. 51a נקטיה ש׳ האי. . אימרתא ההיא (Ms. M. שיגדונא, Ar. שגד׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a.l. note) there was a case of lambs... that dragged their hind legs (v. שגר I), said R. Yemar, that is a case (of which, when occurring with a man, we say) hip-disease has seized him' (which does not rise from a severance of the spinal cord). Ib. וכ חוט שכיח ש׳ hip-disease is a frequent disorder, sever- ance of the spinal cord is unusual. Gitt. 69b וכ׳ לש׳ as a. remedy for hip-disease, let one take &c.
שגרונייה m. pl. (שגר I) [rivulets,] slopes. Y. Bicc. I, end, 64b מינהן דבישן ש׳ אילין דמקדר מאן he who meas- ures (v. קדר I) the slopes of Beshan (will find that) they are part of them (of the regions flowing with milk and honey).
שגריר m. (שגר) messenger, ambassador. Y. Shebu. I, 32a וכ׳ זה של ושברירו.. . מלכו שגריריהן ושני מלכים לשני as in the case of two kings and their two ambassadorrs, this one's king being higher in rank than the other's king, and this iking's ambassador higher than the other king's ambassador, but this one's ambassador is not higher than the other ambassador's king. --- Pl, שגרירים, v. supra.
שגש I (apocop. of שגשג, transpos. of גשגש, v. גשש; cmp. געגע, a. כסך, כסכס) to feel around, dabble, famble. Tanh. P'kude3 וכ׳ שוגש שהוא לחזיר דומה שני עולם in the second period man is like tre swine that searches in the dunghills; so does the child ttwo years old dabble in dirt.
שגש II, Pi. שגש (v. שגשג) to confuse. Yalk. Gen. 150 pplay on והשגתם a. ישיגם, Gen. XLIV, 4, 6) כתיב בשוין (וכ בדברים אותם שגש it is written with (may be read as) Shin, confuse them with words, now soft and now hard; וכ׳ שגש וישיגם עשה וכך and so did he, vayasshigemm, he confused them &c.
שגש ch., Pa. שגיש same. Targ. Y. Ex. XXIII, 27 (O. Var. ואשגש, Ms. III אשגש; v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 2; h. text והמתי). Targ. O. ib. XIV, 24. Targ. O. Deut. VII, 23; a. fr. -B. Bath. 9b, sq. וכ׳ משגש עולא, v. עולא I; [v., however, שגשl. Ithpa. אשתגש to be confused, perpleed, excited. Targ. II Esth. VI, 10. Targ. I Kings I, 41; 45 (h. text המם). Targ. Ps. XXXIX, 7 (h. text יהמיוון). Ib. XLVI, 4 משתגשין Ms. (ed. מתרגשין); a. fr. - Targ. Jer. XXIII, 19 (h. text מתחולל). Ib. XXV, 16, v. שגשג. שוגש (= שגשג e סגסג, denom. of סמג I) to be debased. Lev. R. s. 18 וכ׳ בי שגישתון you acted basely towards me, as it is said (Ps. LXXVIII, 36) &c.; Yalk. Is. 287 וכ׳ חרס על מצופה [סיגים] ככסף שגשגישתון (corrו acc., or שגשגיתון) you were base like 'an earthen vessel overlaid with silver [dross (Prov. XXVI, 23), as it is written (Ps. l. c.) &c. Pa. שגש to debase. Lev. R. l. c. וכ׳ אורחא שגישתון you debased your manners, as it is written (Prov. l. c.), an earthen vessel' &c. - B. Bath. 9a sq. ארחתיה משגש עולא דסימיהa child that caused the deterioration ofhis mother's ways (who refused his mother's entreaties until she un- covered her breasts, saying, look at the breasts that gave thee suck).
שגשג same, v. supra.
שגשג (Palp. of שגג) to confuse, perplex. thpalp. אשתגשג to be confused, excited; to rage. Targ. Jer. XXV, 16 Ms. (ed. וישתגשון).
שגשיא, שגיש׳ f. (שגש) excited, agitated. Gen. R. s. 87, beg. (expl. וכ׳ המיה, Prov. VII, 11) וטעיא ש׳ (Ar. בייכא; Yalk. ib. 14 5, a. Yalk. Prov. 940 בוכה, read; ביכה) she is agitated and runs about; v. בוך.
שד m. (שדד) furrow. - Pl. שדים, שיד׳. Gen. R. s. 42 (expl. השדים עמק, Gen. XIV, 10) תלמים ש׳ ש׳ עשוי שהוא וכ׳ אחר דבר (the valley was called Siddim,) because it was made up into siddim, (which means) furrows; another explanation (as if שדים), because it fed its children like breasts; Yalk. ib. 72 (corr. acc.).
שד m. (b. h.; שדה, v. Ges. Thes. s. v.) female breast. Toset. Sot. IV, 3 (ref. to לשד, Num. XI, 8) וכ׳ עיקר זה שד מה ed. Zuck. (Var. דד) as the breast is essential for the child and everything else is of secondary import, so was the manna &c.; וכ׳ יונק אם זה שד מה as the breast does not harm the child, even if it suck it an entire day &c.; Yoma 75a וכ׳ תינוק זה שד מה as the child finds in the breast all tastes &c. - u. שדים; pl. constr. שדי. Gen. R. s. 42; Yalk. ib. 72, v. preced. Tanh. Sh'moth 25 והיונקים אמם משדי כחלב and the sucklings found in the manna a. taste like that of the milk from their mothers breast (ref. to Num. l. c.). Ber. 3a. Sot. 30b; a. fr.
שד, שיד m. (b. h.) demon. Yoma 75a (play on לשד, Num. XI, 8) וכ׳ מתהפך זה שד מה as the demon changes into many colors (appearances), so did the manna change into many tastes. Snh. 67b שד אמנא דקפיד, v. קפד. Ib. (ref. to Ex. VIII, 15) וכ׳ השד שאין מיכן from here we learn that the conjured demon cannot create anything smaller than a barley corn; a. fr. -- Pl. שדים, שדין, שי׳. Lev. R. s. 22 (ref. to Lev. XVII, 7) ש׳ אלא . . . ואין this s'irim means demons; שעירים. . . ששש׳ ואין and this shedimm (Deut. XXXII, 17) means sbirim (ref. to Is. XIII, 21). Snh. l. c.. v. להטים; a. fr. - Pesm. שדה, שי׳; pl. שדות, שי׳. Pesik. R. s. 15 (expl. ושדות שדה, Koh. II, 8) וש׳ שדים male and female demons; Pesik. Hahod., p. 45b before Solomon sin- ned, וש׳ בשידה רודה היה he ruled over all sorts of de- 1uohesseu..
שדא, שי׳ ch. same. Sabb.67a וכ׳ הכי לש׳לימא against a demon say this &c. Ib. הכסא דבית לש׳ for the demon of the privy. Erub. 43a; Pes. 110a ש׳ יוסף the demon. Joseph; a. fr. -- Lev. R. s. 5 וכ׳ שריהון ש׳ Sheda &c., v. רוחא. - Pl. דין, שדיא, שדי, שי׳. Targ. Deut. XXXII, 17. Targ. Y. I ib. 10. Targ. Is. XIII, 21 (h. text שעירים, v. preced.). Targ. Lev. XVII, 7 (O. ed. Vien. שידים); a. fr. -- Pes.l.c. דשש׳ מלכא אשמדשי Ashm'dai, king of the demons; Gitt. 68a; a. tr. - Gen. R. s. 65; Yalk. ib. 114 (expl. איש