שֵׁגָל
shegal · queen, consort
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7694 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shegal (שֵׁגָל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “queen, consort”.
Queen, the king's wife who sits at his side.
How to say it
she·gal
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The king's wife who sits beside him.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Nehemiah 2:6
And the king said to me, with the queen sitting beside him, “How long will your journey be, and when will you return?” And it seemed good before the king, and he sent me, and I gave him a set time.
- Psalms 45:9
Daughters of kings are among your precious ladies; the queen stands at your right hand in gold of Ophir.