Lexicon
שֵׁגָל
she.gal
H7694
H:N-F Hebrew

queen

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she.gal denotes a queen, shown beside a king and in a poetic address to a daughter.

The attested use identifies a singular female royal figure: in Nehemiah 2:6 she is beside the king, while Psalm 45:10 places the same noun form within a poetic address to a daughter.

Senses in use

  1. A female royal figure · dominant

    In Nehemiah 2:6, the singular feminine noun occurs in the clause describing her as dwelling beside the king; the APB renders this as “with the queen dwelling beside him.” In Psalm 45:10, the same singular feminine form occurs in a poetic address beginning “Hear, O daughter,” though the APB does not explicitly represent the noun there.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly says “queen” in Nehemiah 2:6. In Psalm 45:10 it renders the surrounding address to a daughter without an explicit English equivalent for the noun, so the term's individual contribution is read at the verse level there.

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