Jastrow: סָגָן

סָגָן m. (b. h. v. סְגֵי I; cmp. רַב) grandee, chief, viceroy. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXIX, 134 כלי … אין לס׳ רשות וכ׳ the viceroy is not permitted to use a vessel which the king has used.—[Num. R. s. 15; Tanḥ. Bhaăl. 11 למחר ס׳, v. פָּגָן.]—Esp. סְגַן הכהנים or הסָּ׳ the chief of the priests, adjutant high priest. Ab. III, 2. Yoma III, 9. Y. ib. III, 41ᵃ top לא היה … עד שנעשה ס׳ none could be appointed high priest, unless he was made a Sagan first. Sifra Tsav, Milluim, Par. 1 נעשה משה ס׳ הכ׳ לאהרן Moses was Aaron’s aid; וכשם שנעשה לו ס׳ בחייו וכ׳ and as he was his aid in his life-time, so was he his aid in his dying hour; a. fr.—Pl. סְגָנִים, סְגָנִין, constr. סִגְנֵי, סִי׳. Es. R. s. 1 מי שם הס׳ אלמים וכ׳ who made the chiefs (Pharaoh’s counsellors) mute &c.?; Tanḥ. Sh’moth 10. Cant. R. to VI, 12 כשנעשו … ונעשו ס׳ על וכ׳ when they were made free men and were redeemed and made the primates of all entering this world; Yalk. ib. 992 נעשו חורין וס׳ וכ׳ they were made nobles and primates &c. Num. R. s. 18 אחיו כ׳'ג ובניו סגני כהונה his brother is high priest and his sons the high priest’s aids; a. fr.—[סגניו, Midr. Till. to Ps. XX, end, v. סִיגְנוֹן.—סִגְנִים, Y’lamd. to Num. X, 2, quot. in Ar., v. סִיגְנוֹן.]