שֶׁגֶר, [that which is cast,] birth, foetus, premature birth. Bekh. 3ᵃ (ref. to Ex. XIII, 12) פטר שגר בהמה ש׳ בהמה Rashi Var. ‘the first cast of an animal’, even the premature first birth of an animal is sacred; (ed. שֶׁגָּר בבהמה that which dwells in an animal).—2) run, flight (of a dove). B. Bath. II, 5 מלא ש׳ היונה a far as the dove flies (for food).