סוּג

סוּגI (b. h.) (to cut off, separate, to fence in, mark off. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 43c, sq. כל שהוא סָגוכ׳ any stone that is put up to mark the sea-shore or the roads. Y.M. Kat. I, 80c פידצה שהיא סָגָהוכ׳ a fence which, though broken, still bars the ground behind it (from falling out); Y.Shebi.III, end, 34d; a. e.Trnsf. (v. סְיָג a. גָּדַר) to guard against trespassing a law, to make a prohibition more restrictive; to exaggerate. Ab. dR. N. ch. I סייג שסָג … לדבריו (v. ed. Schechter) the guard which Adam set to his words (by adding the prohibition to touch the tree of knowledge). Ib. אם סג אדם לדבריווכ׳ if a person exaggerates his words, he cannot abide by them. Pi. סִיֵּיג to fence in. Part. pass. מְסוּיָּיג. Koh. R. to V, 14 והיהֹ מס׳וכ׳ it (the vineyard) was fenced in on all sides. Hif. חִסִּיג (with גְּבוּל) to remove the landmark. Sabb.85a (ref. to Deut. 19:14) גבול … לא תַסִּיג do not remove the landmark which those before thee (the Canaanites) have set.