סְנֵיגוֹר, (συνήγορος) advocate, attorney, opp. קטיגור prosecutor. R. Hash. 26ᵃ אין קטיגור נעשה ס׳ the accuser (gold reminding of the golden calf) must not be made an advocate (therefore must the high priest on the Day of Atonement not enter the Holy of Holies in gold-embroidered garments); Ber. 59ᵃ. Ḥag. 13ᵇ קטיגור יעשה ס׳ shall the accuser (the ox or calf) become an advocate? Lev. R. s. 30 אוי … סְנֵיגוֹרוֹ וכ׳ woe to this man, his advocate has turned prosecutor!; Y. Succ. III, beg. 53ᶜ שניגורו (corr. acc.); a. fr.—Pl. סְנֵיגוֹרִים, סְנֵיגוֹרִין. Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵇ top; a. fr.—Mekh. Mishp., s. 20 (ref. to Ex. XXIII, 7) שלא יעמיד אצלו ס׳ וכ׳ that he (the judge) must not allow advocates to stand by his side (in place of the parties themselves), for it is said, ‘before the judge the words of both of them must come’ (ib. XXII, 8); [Shebu. 30ᵇ שלא יעשה סניגרון לדבריו (Ms. M. יעשה דבריו סנגרון; Yalk. Ex. 352 שלא יעשה סניגורין לדבריו) that he must not appoint advocates for what he has to say (in defense of his decision, if a point of law is raised against it); the entire passage seems to require emendation in accordance with Mekh. l. c.]