שְׁרָגָא, (שרג Shaf. of חרג to break through; cmp. Arab. sharḳu ortus solis, lux solis) light, lamp, lantern. Targ. Ps. CXIX, 105. Targ. Prov. XXXI, 18. Ib. VI, 23. Ib. XXI, 4 (h. text נִר). Targ. Job XXI, 17; a. fr.—Sabb. 63ᵃ, a. e. ש׳ בטיהרא, v. טִיהֲרָא. Succ. 29ᵃ ש׳ במטללתא an (earthen) lamp may remain in the Succah. Bets. 22ᵃ זקף ליה ש׳ Ms. M. (ed. זקף לה לש׳) he put the lamp up (from its declining position, to make the oil flow away from the wick); a. e.—Pl. שְׁרָגַיָּא, שְׁרָגֵי, שְׁרַגֵּ׳. Targ. I Chr. VIII, 33.—Gitt. 57ᵃ אדליקו ש׳ עד וכ׳ they kindled lights (illuminated) so that &c., v. בִּלְיוֹנָא. Sabb. 23ᵇ דהוה רגיל בש׳ טובא (Ms. M. דהוו רגילי בשרגא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note, a. Tosaf. a. l.) that he was (they were) wont to have many (Sabbath) lights; a. e.