- סִיגְמָטִין
- סִיגְמָטִיןm. pl. (sigma, pl. sigmata) semicircular couches for reclining at meals. Num. R. s. 1, beg. (homiletic play on ויסב, Ex. 13:18, v. סָבַב) הרבצתי אתכם בס׳ I caused you to recline on sigmata (like noblemen); Tanḥ. Bmidb. 2 Var. סיג׳ (some ed. סוג׳), v. סְבַסְטִין.Ylamd. to Num. 1, quot. in Ar. כותבע״ג סגמוס כמה מיסא (read: … מיסון … סִיגְמָא) writes on the sigma the number of courses.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.