חבל

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חָבַל(b. h.; cmp. חבב) 1) to seize, to take a pledge. Mekh. Bshall., Vayassa, s.1, a. e., v. חֲבוֹלָה.B. Mets. IX, 13 (115a) החוֹבֵל את הריחים he who seizes millstones (for his debt); a. fr. 2) to twist (v. חֶבֶל); to do violence, unshape; to inflict a wound, to hurt (followed by ב of the object). B. Kam.VIII, 1 החוֹבֵל בחבירו he who injures his neighbor. Sabb.XIV, 1. Ib. 106a חיבל בצריך לכלבו one who wounds (an animal on the Sabbath is guilty) when he needs the blood for his dog. Ib. חובל בעלמא one who wounds generally (not for a purpose); a. fr. 3) to writhe, travail, v. Pi. Nif. נֶחְבַּל 1) to be seized. Yalk. Ex. 351 שניתן לֵיחָבֵל ביום (B. Mets. 114b לַחֲבוֹל) which may be seized as a pledge in day time. 2) to be injured. Tosef.B. Kam. IX, 29 אע״פ שלא … מן הנֶחְבָּלוכ׳ although the injurer does not ask the injured (to pray for him), the injured must pray ; a. fr. Pi. חִיבֵּל 1) to injure, wound; to unshape, ruin, spoil. Ber.51a יש לי … לחַבֵּל I have permission to injure (kill). B. Kam.91b לחַבֵּל בעצמו to mutilate ones self.Kel. XIV, 2 משיְחַבֵּל from the moment he batters (the tube, for fitting it into the top of the staff); Tosef. Ib. B. Mets.IV, 5 משיִחְבּוֹל, v. חָבַר. Num. R. s. 10 (play on חִבֵּל, Prov. 23:34) שהִבְּלָתוֹ יעלוכ׳ whom Jael mutilated on his head. Yalk. Ex. 301 חִבַּלְתֶּם מעשיכם you have ruined (turned to evil) your deeds. Snh.24a מְחַבְּלִין זה לזהוכ׳ (Ms. K. זה את זה) wound each others feelings in discussions; a. fr. 2) to travail. Taan.8a bot. מְחַבֶּלֶת ואינה יולדת (Rashi: חוֹבֶלֶת) travails but cannot give birth.Pass. pass. מְחוּבָּל ruined. Ex. R. s. 30. Hithpa. הִתְחַבֵּל to be spoiled, ruined. Mekh. Bshall., Vayassa, s.1 נותן דבר המְחַבֵּל לתוך דבר המִתְחַבֵּל he puts a thing which spoils (the taste) into a thing which is spoiled.

חֲבַלII m. (preced.) 1) injury, v. חַבְלָא I. 2) woe!, Oh! (cmp. בִּיָּיא II). Targ. Job 10:15 (Var. חֲבֵיל, חֲבוֹל); a. e.(Also in Hebr. diction) Ned.74b ח׳ עליךוכ׳ woe unto thee! (a pity) that Snh.111a; Ex. R. s. 6, a. e. ח׳ על דאבדיןוכ׳ Oh, for those who are gone and cannot be replaced! Ib. s. 26; Mekh. Bshall., Vayassa, s.6 (prov.) נפל ביתא ח׳ לכוותא (not אבל) when the house falls, woe to the windows!; a. fr. 3) (adv.) to ruin. Pes.20b תשפך ח׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9) it must be poured out (and go) to ruin; B. Kam. 116a (ed. הכל, corr. acc., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30), opp. to תעשה זילוף, v. זִילּוּף.

חֲבֵלv. חֲבֵיל.

חֶבֶלm. (b. h.; חָבַל) 1) rope, a measure of dimensions, ropes length. Gen. R. s. 93 קשר ח׳ בח׳ tied rope to rope, v. נִימָא; Cant. R. to I 1. Erub.V, 4 אין מודדין אלא בח׳, Sabbath distances must be measured with a rope of fifty cubits length. Ib. 58a אַפְסְקִימָא v. B. Bath. VII, 2 (103b) מדה בח׳ measured with the rope (exact dimensions). Peah IV, 5 על הח׳ in a straight line, v. לָקַט; a. fr.Pl. חֲבָלִים. Erub. l. c. ג׳ ח׳ הםוכ׳ there are three kinds of ropes (used for legal purposes).Trnsf. share, possession. Sifré Deut. 312 אין ח׳ אלא גירל ḥebel means lot; a. e.

חֵבֶלm. (b. h.; חָבַל) 1) writhing, throes of birth, agony. Snh.98b, a. e. חֶבְלוֹ של משיח the sufferings which are to precede the advent of the Messiah.Pl. חֲבָלִים, constr. חֶבְלֵי. Nidd.31a ח׳ נקבה the pains at giving birth to a female. Ib. חבלי של נקבה (read: חבלים). Ib. וזהו ח׳ אשה and this is the cause of womans throes. 2) damage, injury. Mekh. Mishp., Nzikin, s.8 ח׳ אשה לבעל the damages for a wifes injury belong to her husband.