Jastrow: סִיג II

סִיג II m. (v. סְגֵי I; cmp. סוּגְיָינָא; for the apocopate form cmp. רֵעַ a. רֵעֶה) growth, sproutings, esp. luxuriant growth (in good or bad sense). Tosef. Ukts. I, 2 (T’bul Yom III) הס׳ של אשכלות the foliage covering the clusters of grapes, של רצפות the cobweb-like covering of fruits; Ukts. I, 2.—Pl. סִיגִּים, סִגִּים. Deut. R. s. 3 (ref. to Deut. VII, 13) מה פרי אדמתך ס׳ וכ׳ as the fruit of thy ground will be of luxuriant growth, so will be the fruit of thy womb (strong people). Num. R. s. 16; Tanḥ. Sh’laḥ 12 (ref. to Is.XVII, 11) ביום שאמר … (נ) עשיתם ס׳ on the day that he intended to plant you in the land, you became a luxuriant growth (degenerated); Num. R. s. 7.—[Sifra Sh’mini, ch. VII, Par. 6, v. סוּג II .].