Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 7:10
איבעית אימא מנלן דאחמיץ מהכא (עזרא ז, כב) עד כסף ככרין מאה ועד חנטין כורין מאה ועד חמר בתין מאה ועד בתין משח מאה ומלח די לא כתב וגו' מעיקרא בלא קיצותא והשתא בקיצותא
Alternatively I may say that 'shegal' does as a rule mean 'queen', but in this case Rabbah B'Lema had a tradition [that it means 'dog'], and the reason why [in the text] it is called 'shegal' is because it was dear to him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Artaxerxes.');"><sup>11</sup></span> as a queen; or, possibly, because he put it on the queen's seat.
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