שֵׁגָלshêgâl
שֵׁגָל: (queen-)consort (Nehemiah 2:6; Psalms 45:10; Judges 5:30)
Pronunciation: shay-gawl' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7694
Meanings
: (royal) consort (Daniel 5:23; Daniel 5:2; Daniel 5:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Nehemiah 2:6 The king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked, “How long will you be gone? When will you return?” After I told him how long I would be gone, the king agreed to my request.
- Psalms 45:9 Kings’ daughters are among your noble women. At your right side stands the queen, wearing jewelry of finest gold from Ophir!
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).