שֵׁגָל, king’s wife or mistress. R. Hash. 4ᵃ (ref. to Neh. II, 6) מאי ש׳ אמר … כלבתא what is shegal? Said Rabbah …, a she-dog. Ib. (ref. to Ps. XLV, 10) ואי ש׳ כלבתא היא וכ׳ if shegal meant dog, what good tidings did the prophet announce for Israel? Ib. לעולם ש׳ מלכתא היא וכ׳ shegal means in general queen, and that opinion of Rabbah … (as regards Neh. l. c.) is a tradition &c.—Pl. שִׁגְלוֹנוֹת (fr. שגלון). Snh. 95ᵇ