Jastrow: סָגַל

סָגַל , Pi. סִיגֵּל (Safel of גלל) [to heap up,] to lay by, save; to treasure as a relic. Y. B. Bath. IX, 17ᵃ top בן שנראה חלוק … מה שס׳ ס׳ לעצמו if a son appears to have kept a separate household during his father’s lifetime: what he has saved (of what he took out for his private expenses), he has saved for himself (does not belong to the estate). Lam. R. to I, 17 עמד וס׳ וקנה וכ׳ he made an effort and economized and bought himself sheep. Tanḥ.Emor, ed. Bub., 30 מְסַגְּלִין עונות וכ׳ they accumulate sins during the whole year. Gen. R. s. 9 כלום … מסגלין … אנו נְסַגֵּל מצות וכ׳ the righteous live because they lay by good deeds, we shall likewise lay by good deeds (in order to live). Koh. R. to I, 3 מְסַגְּלוֹת במצות וכ׳ provide for the future world by means of good deeds; (Lev. R. s. 28, beg. מגדלין במצות heap up; Yalk. Koh. 966 מגדלים מצות; Pesik. Haʿom., p. 69ᵃ מתגדלין, corr. acc.); a. fr.—Pesik. R. s. 11 (ref. to סגלה, Ex. XIX, 5) יכול כמו שהעבד מְסַגֵּל מאחר רבו והבן … והאשה … כך אתם מְסוּגָּלִים לי וכ׳ you might think, as a slave lays by something from what his master gives him, or a son from what his father gives him, or a wife from what her husband gives her, so have you been given me as a keepsake: therefore it is written, For mine is the whole earth; Yalk. Ex. 276 כשם שהאשה מְסַגֶּלֶת … כן אתם מסגלין לי מאחורי as a wife …, so could you lay by something for my benefit from what I give you; Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 אף אתם מסוגלין לי מאחרי (corr. acc.). Sifré Deut. 48 two brothers שהיו מסגלים ממון אחר אביהם that saved what money their father gave them; Yalk. ib. 873.—Part. pass. מְסוּגָּל given as a keepsake, v. supra.