שָׁגַח (b. h.; cmp. נגה, נגח) to be bright.
    Hif. - הִשְׁגִּיחַ (cmp. נָבַט, Hif.) 1) (with ב) to look at; to consider. Bets. III, 6 אין מַשְׁגִּיחִין בכף וכ׳ you must not look at the scales at all, i.e. on the Holy Day you dare not use the scales at all, even if you employ some substitute for weights; Y. ib. 62ᵃ bot.; Tosef. ib. III, 5. Ber. 52ᵃ אין משגיחין בבת קול we do not consider a voice from on high, i.e. we are not guided in our decisions by a bath ḳol (v. בַּת I); a. e. —2) (with על) to look for, care for, mind. Y. Keth. VIII, 3ᵇ bot. ואין ברייה מַשְׁגַּחַת עליה and nobody will care for her (to assist her in her bereavement). Ber. 34ᵇ לא היו מַשְׁגִּיחִים עליו they would have paid no attention to his prayers. Snh. 99ᵃ כל מי שאינו מַשְׁגִּיחַ על המשנה he who disregards the Mishnah; a. fr.