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דַּבְלוּלm., pl. רַּבְלוּלִין (denom. of דְּבֵלָה, cmp. σῦκον, συκῆ, ficus) piles, excrescences; trnsf. lumps. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. IX, 2 היו ד׳ יוצאיןוכ׳ (cmp. מֵעַיִין ib.) if lumps of upholstery protrude from the couch. Ib. VII, 11 היו ד׳ … הימנה if lumps or irregular pieces of reeds hang down from the matting.Denom. מְדוּבְלָל a) lumpy. Bekh.III, 4 הצמר המ׳ (Talm. ed. 25b המדולדל) the clumps in the wool.b) (cmp. Arab. dubal) melancholy, miserable-looking. Succ.II, 2 סוכה המְדוּבְלֶלֶת a miserable looking Succah, expl. ib. 22a (by Rab) as ענייה or מדולדלת (Y. ib. 52b bot. מדוללת, v. דָּלַל a. דִּלְדֵּל) beggarly, thinned; (by Samuel) as קנה עולה וקנה יורד or מבולבלת disarranged.

דַּבְלוּלm., pl. רַּבְלוּלִין (denom. of דְּבֵלָה, cmp. σῦκον, συκῆ, ficus) piles, excrescences; trnsf. lumps. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. IX, 2 היו ד׳ יוצאיןוכ׳ (cmp. מֵעַיִין ib.) if lumps of upholstery protrude from the couch. Ib. VII, 11 היו ד׳ … הימנה if lumps or irregular pieces of reeds hang down from the matting.Denom. מְדוּבְלָל a) lumpy. Bekh.III, 4 הצמר המ׳ (Talm. ed. 25b המדולדל) the clumps in the wool.b) (cmp. Arab. dubal) melancholy, miserable-looking. Succ.II, 2 סוכה המְדוּבְלֶלֶת a miserable looking Succah, expl. ib. 22a (by Rab) as ענייה or מדולדלת (Y. ib. 52b bot. מדוללת, v. דָּלַל a. דִּלְדֵּל) beggarly, thinned; (by Samuel) as קנה עולה וקנה יורד or מבולבלת disarranged.

דִּלְדֵּל, דִּיל׳(Pilp. of דָּלַל) to reduce, weaken. Sot.9b (play on דלילה) דִּילְדְּלָה את כחווכ׳ she weakened his strength, his understanding, his merits; Num. R. s. 9. Tanḥ. Bhar 3 מְדַלְדְּלוֹוכ׳ the Lord reduces his income, and he must sell his property. 2) to loosen, detach. Kidd.24b די׳ בו עצם he loosened a tooth in the slaves jaw.Part. pass. מְדוּלְדָּל a) loosely connected, hanging down, detached. Lev. R. s. 34 he is called dal מד׳ מן הנכסים which means detached from his property (homeless); Midr. Prov. ch. XXII דל מנכסיו (insert מדולדל). Ker.III, 8 אבר המ׳ (Talm. ed. 15a sq. המְדוּלְדֶּלֶת) a limb hanging down from the body (not yet entirely detached). Ḥull.IX, 7 האבר … המְדוּלְדָּלין limb or a part of flesh hanging down in tangles. Bekh.III, 4; v. דַּבְלוּל.b) poverty-stricken, beggarly. Succ.22b, v. דַּבְלוּל. Tanḥ. Vayakhel 7 עניים ומְדוּלְדָּלִים poor and miserable. Hithpalp. הִתְדַּלְדֵּל, הִידַּ׳; Nithpa. נִתְדַּלְדֵּל, נִידַּ׳ 1) to become thin, sparse; to be reduced. Num. R. s. 5 (play on דל, Prov. 22:22) והם מִתְדַּלְדְּלִיםוכ׳ they (the Levites) expose themselves to diminution for your sake. 2) to be detached, loosely connected, disarranged, parted into shreds. Y.Ab. Zar. V, 44d top ני׳ חותמן the berries are forcibly detached from the stalk, v. חוֹתָם. Ḥull.46a נִידַּלְדְּלָה כבדוכ׳ the liver is parted into shreds and mixed up with the fat layers. Ib. 44a סימנים שנִדַּלְדְּלוּוכ׳ gullet and windpipe which are torn loose from their connection so that the larger portion of their circumference is detached. 3) to be disregarded. Sot.IX, 15 (49a) נִדַּלְדְּלוּוכ׳ miracle workers are not appreciated.

דִּלְדֵּל, דִּיל׳(Pilp. of דָּלַל) to reduce, weaken. Sot.9b (play on דלילה) דִּילְדְּלָה את כחווכ׳ she weakened his strength, his understanding, his merits; Num. R. s. 9. Tanḥ. Bhar 3 מְדַלְדְּלוֹוכ׳ the Lord reduces his income, and he must sell his property. 2) to loosen, detach. Kidd.24b די׳ בו עצם he loosened a tooth in the slaves jaw.Part. pass. מְדוּלְדָּל a) loosely connected, hanging down, detached. Lev. R. s. 34 he is called dal מד׳ מן הנכסים which means detached from his property (homeless); Midr. Prov. ch. XXII דל מנכסיו (insert מדולדל). Ker.III, 8 אבר המ׳ (Talm. ed. 15a sq. המְדוּלְדֶּלֶת) a limb hanging down from the body (not yet entirely detached). Ḥull.IX, 7 האבר … המְדוּלְדָּלין limb or a part of flesh hanging down in tangles. Bekh.III, 4; v. דַּבְלוּל.b) poverty-stricken, beggarly. Succ.22b, v. דַּבְלוּל. Tanḥ. Vayakhel 7 עניים ומְדוּלְדָּלִים poor and miserable. Hithpalp. הִתְדַּלְדֵּל, הִידַּ׳; Nithpa. נִתְדַּלְדֵּל, נִידַּ׳ 1) to become thin, sparse; to be reduced. Num. R. s. 5 (play on דל, Prov. 22:22) והם מִתְדַּלְדְּלִיםוכ׳ they (the Levites) expose themselves to diminution for your sake. 2) to be detached, loosely connected, disarranged, parted into shreds. Y.Ab. Zar. V, 44d top ני׳ חותמן the berries are forcibly detached from the stalk, v. חוֹתָם. Ḥull.46a נִידַּלְדְּלָה כבדוכ׳ the liver is parted into shreds and mixed up with the fat layers. Ib. 44a סימנים שנִדַּלְדְּלוּוכ׳ gullet and windpipe which are torn loose from their connection so that the larger portion of their circumference is detached. 3) to be disregarded. Sot.IX, 15 (49a) נִדַּלְדְּלוּוכ׳ miracle workers are not appreciated.

דִּלְדֵּל, דִּיל׳(Pilp. of דָּלַל) to reduce, weaken. Sot.9b (play on דלילה) דִּילְדְּלָה את כחווכ׳ she weakened his strength, his understanding, his merits; Num. R. s. 9. Tanḥ. Bhar 3 מְדַלְדְּלוֹוכ׳ the Lord reduces his income, and he must sell his property. 2) to loosen, detach. Kidd.24b די׳ בו עצם he loosened a tooth in the slaves jaw.Part. pass. מְדוּלְדָּל a) loosely connected, hanging down, detached. Lev. R. s. 34 he is called dal מד׳ מן הנכסים which means detached from his property (homeless); Midr. Prov. ch. XXII דל מנכסיו (insert מדולדל). Ker.III, 8 אבר המ׳ (Talm. ed. 15a sq. המְדוּלְדֶּלֶת) a limb hanging down from the body (not yet entirely detached). Ḥull.IX, 7 האבר … המְדוּלְדָּלין limb or a part of flesh hanging down in tangles. Bekh.III, 4; v. דַּבְלוּל.b) poverty-stricken, beggarly. Succ.22b, v. דַּבְלוּל. Tanḥ. Vayakhel 7 עניים ומְדוּלְדָּלִים poor and miserable. Hithpalp. הִתְדַּלְדֵּל, הִידַּ׳; Nithpa. נִתְדַּלְדֵּל, נִידַּ׳ 1) to become thin, sparse; to be reduced. Num. R. s. 5 (play on דל, Prov. 22:22) והם מִתְדַּלְדְּלִיםוכ׳ they (the Levites) expose themselves to diminution for your sake. 2) to be detached, loosely connected, disarranged, parted into shreds. Y.Ab. Zar. V, 44d top ני׳ חותמן the berries are forcibly detached from the stalk, v. חוֹתָם. Ḥull.46a נִידַּלְדְּלָה כבדוכ׳ the liver is parted into shreds and mixed up with the fat layers. Ib. 44a סימנים שנִדַּלְדְּלוּוכ׳ gullet and windpipe which are torn loose from their connection so that the larger portion of their circumference is detached. 3) to be disregarded. Sot.IX, 15 (49a) נִדַּלְדְּלוּוכ׳ miracle workers are not appreciated.

דִּלְדֵּל, דִּיל׳(Pilp. of דָּלַל) to reduce, weaken. Sot.9b (play on דלילה) דִּילְדְּלָה את כחווכ׳ she weakened his strength, his understanding, his merits; Num. R. s. 9. Tanḥ. Bhar 3 מְדַלְדְּלוֹוכ׳ the Lord reduces his income, and he must sell his property. 2) to loosen, detach. Kidd.24b די׳ בו עצם he loosened a tooth in the slaves jaw.Part. pass. מְדוּלְדָּל a) loosely connected, hanging down, detached. Lev. R. s. 34 he is called dal מד׳ מן הנכסים which means detached from his property (homeless); Midr. Prov. ch. XXII דל מנכסיו (insert מדולדל). Ker.III, 8 אבר המ׳ (Talm. ed. 15a sq. המְדוּלְדֶּלֶת) a limb hanging down from the body (not yet entirely detached). Ḥull.IX, 7 האבר … המְדוּלְדָּלין limb or a part of flesh hanging down in tangles. Bekh.III, 4; v. דַּבְלוּל.b) poverty-stricken, beggarly. Succ.22b, v. דַּבְלוּל. Tanḥ. Vayakhel 7 עניים ומְדוּלְדָּלִים poor and miserable. Hithpalp. הִתְדַּלְדֵּל, הִידַּ׳; Nithpa. נִתְדַּלְדֵּל, נִידַּ׳ 1) to become thin, sparse; to be reduced. Num. R. s. 5 (play on דל, Prov. 22:22) והם מִתְדַּלְדְּלִיםוכ׳ they (the Levites) expose themselves to diminution for your sake. 2) to be detached, loosely connected, disarranged, parted into shreds. Y.Ab. Zar. V, 44d top ני׳ חותמן the berries are forcibly detached from the stalk, v. חוֹתָם. Ḥull.46a נִידַּלְדְּלָה כבדוכ׳ the liver is parted into shreds and mixed up with the fat layers. Ib. 44a סימנים שנִדַּלְדְּלוּוכ׳ gullet and windpipe which are torn loose from their connection so that the larger portion of their circumference is detached. 3) to be disregarded. Sot.IX, 15 (49a) נִדַּלְדְּלוּוכ׳ miracle workers are not appreciated.

דָּלַל(b. h.) (to be thin, swing, hang, to be poor. Lev. R. s. 34 דַּלּוּ מן המצות they became poor in good deeds. Hif. הֵדֵל, הֵידֵל 1) to thin, to take off grapes, or take out plants in order to give the remainder more room. Peah III, 3 המֵדַל (Y. ed. המֵידַל) he who thins the vineyard; Tosef. ib. I, 10. Peah VII, 5; a. fr.M. Kat. 4a sq. (a Boraitha quoted by Rabina) והתניא מְדַלִּין לירקותוכ׳ (v. דָּלָה) are we not told, you may irrigate the vegetable garden during the festive week, if you intend to use the vegetables during the festive days? Said Rabbah to him (read:) מי סברת מדלין מדלין מיא מאי מדלין שלופי you think this mdallin means you may draw water, it means: to pluck (ref. to Peah VII, 5).Said Rabina to him: והתניא מדלין מים לירקותוכ׳ But it reads, Mdallin mayim you may sprinkle water Part. Pual מְדוּלָּל, f. מְדוּלֶּלֶת beggarly. Y.Succ.II, 52d bot.; v. דַּבְלוּל.

דָּלַל(b. h.) (to be thin, swing, hang, to be poor. Lev. R. s. 34 דַּלּוּ מן המצות they became poor in good deeds. Hif. הֵדֵל, הֵידֵל 1) to thin, to take off grapes, or take out plants in order to give the remainder more room. Peah III, 3 המֵדַל (Y. ed. המֵידַל) he who thins the vineyard; Tosef. ib. I, 10. Peah VII, 5; a. fr.M. Kat. 4a sq. (a Boraitha quoted by Rabina) והתניא מְדַלִּין לירקותוכ׳ (v. דָּלָה) are we not told, you may irrigate the vegetable garden during the festive week, if you intend to use the vegetables during the festive days? Said Rabbah to him (read:) מי סברת מדלין מדלין מיא מאי מדלין שלופי you think this mdallin means you may draw water, it means: to pluck (ref. to Peah VII, 5).Said Rabina to him: והתניא מדלין מים לירקותוכ׳ But it reads, Mdallin mayim you may sprinkle water Part. Pual מְדוּלָּל, f. מְדוּלֶּלֶת beggarly. Y.Succ.II, 52d bot.; v. דַּבְלוּל.

קָלַל(b. h.) ( to swing) to be light, slender, unimportant.Part. קַל. Snh.VI, 5 (ref. to קללת, Deut. 21:23) בזמן … קַלַּנִי מראשיוכ׳ when man suffers punishment, what does the Shekhinah say? ‘I am lighter than my head, than my arm (euphem. for, I feel my head heavy); Y. ib. 23d bot. אנן תנינן קַלֵּינִי (= קל איני) we read ḳalleni, I am not lighter; אית תניי תני קל אני some Tannai reads ḳal ăni; מאן דאמר קליני לית הוא אלא קליל according to him that reads ḳalleni, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘light (i. e. my head is light, I feel giddy; my arm is light, I feel weak); מאן דאמר קלני … נטיל according to the version ḳallani, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘heavy (i. e. my head, my arm is heavy); Bab. ib. 46b Abbayi says כמאן דאמד קל לית (read ḳalleni) as one says, ‘light (I am) not (i. e. I feel heavy, without euphemism)(which is refuted by Raba, who explains the word in question) קליל לי עלמא, v. קַלִּיל II. Hif. הֵיקַל, הֵקַל, הֵקיל I) to lighten. M. Kat. 17b הכביד … מֵיקַלוכ׳ if the mourners hair is too heavy, he may make it lighter with a razor; Y. ib. III, 82a top. Erub.IV, 9 להָקֵל על העשיר to make it easy for the rich man; a. fr.Trnsf. ה׳ ראשו to be irreverent, talk frivolously (v. קַלּוּת). Ber.IX, 5 לא יָקֵל אדם את ראשו כנגדוכ׳ man (a pilgrim coming to Jerusalem) must not behave irreverently in sight of the eastern gate Yalk. Gen. 24 מֵיקֶלֶת ראשה she is frivolous (light-minded); Yalk. Is. 265 מֵקֶילֶת ראש; (Gen. R. s. 18 מיקרת, v. יָקַר). 2) to be lenient; to incline towards the less restrictive practice, opp. החמיר, v. חָמַר I. Y. M. Kat. l. c. הלכה כדברי מי שהוא מיקל the adopted practice follows the opinion of him who is more lenient; Erub.46a, a. fr. כדברי המיקלוכ׳. Yeb.88a הֵיקַלְתָּ עליה, v. חָמַר I. Pes.52b, v. מַגִּיד. Erub. l. c. wherever you find יחיד מיקל ורביםוכ׳ an individual scholar favoring the more lenient practice against several in favor of restriction. Sabb.129a, a. fr. ספק נפשות להָקל where there is a doubt involving the endangering of human life, the more lenient rule is applied; a. fr. 3) to be sparing, beggarly. Ib. כל המיקל … מְקִילִין לו מזוניתיווכ׳ he that stints himself at the meal taken after bloodletting, to him they in heaven will give his sustenance stintingly; a. e. Pi. קִלֵּל ( to diminish, to curse. Keth.VII, 6 מְקַלֶּלֶת, v. יִוֹלֵד. Sabb.62b שאשתו מְקַלַּלְתּוֹ בפניו whom his wife curses in his presence. Pes.87b (ref. to Prov. 30:10 sq.) אפו׳ דור שאביו יְקַלֵּלוכ׳ even if it be a generation of men that curse their father …, do not denounce Yoma 75a ק׳ את הנחשוכ׳ God cursed the serpent, yet it climbs up the roof and finds its food. Sot.11a (expl. ועלה, Ex. 1:10, as euphem. for ועלינו) כאדם שמְקַלֵּל את עצמווכ׳ like a man that wants to curse himself (express an ill omen about himself), and hangs his curse on others. B. Bath.88b הקב״ה בירך … וקִלְּלָןוכ׳ the Lord blessed Israel with the twenty-two letters of the alphabet (from א of אם, Lev. 26:3, to ת of קוממיות, ib. 13), and cursed them with eight letters (from ו of ואם, ib. 14, to ם of נפשם, ib. 43). Snh.70a מתוך שקלקלו … קִלְּלוֹ ברביעי because Ham injured him by (preventing his begetting) a fourth son, he (Noah) cursed him by his fourth son (Canaan). Ib. 91b כל המונע … שבמעי אמן מְקַלְּלִין אותו (not אמו) he that withholds a tradition from his pupil, even the embryos in their mothers womb will curse him; Yalk. Prov. 947; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְקַלֵּל to be cursed. Ber.61a בתחלה נ׳ … נִתְקַלְּלָהוכ׳ the serpent was cursed first, and then Eve ; Gen. R. s. 20; Erub.18a. Ib. b נתקללה בבל נִתְקַלְּלוּוכ׳ when Babylon was cursed, her neighbors were cursed. Bekh.8a אם מבהמה נתקללהוכ׳ if she (Eve) was cursed (with prolonged pregnancy) more than cattle Ib. נ׳ הוא … אחת לשבע it (the serpent) was cursed seven times more than certain cattle. Ib. נ׳ הוא מחיה (not נתקלקל); a. fr.Tosef.Sot.II, 3 ניקללה ניוולה, Var. ניקל, read: ניקתה בניוולה, v. נָקָה Nif.)

קָלַל(b. h.) ( to swing) to be light, slender, unimportant.Part. קַל. Snh.VI, 5 (ref. to קללת, Deut. 21:23) בזמן … קַלַּנִי מראשיוכ׳ when man suffers punishment, what does the Shekhinah say? ‘I am lighter than my head, than my arm (euphem. for, I feel my head heavy); Y. ib. 23d bot. אנן תנינן קַלֵּינִי (= קל איני) we read ḳalleni, I am not lighter; אית תניי תני קל אני some Tannai reads ḳal ăni; מאן דאמר קליני לית הוא אלא קליל according to him that reads ḳalleni, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘light (i. e. my head is light, I feel giddy; my arm is light, I feel weak); מאן דאמר קלני … נטיל according to the version ḳallani, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘heavy (i. e. my head, my arm is heavy); Bab. ib. 46b Abbayi says כמאן דאמד קל לית (read ḳalleni) as one says, ‘light (I am) not (i. e. I feel heavy, without euphemism)(which is refuted by Raba, who explains the word in question) קליל לי עלמא, v. קַלִּיל II. Hif. הֵיקַל, הֵקַל, הֵקיל I) to lighten. M. Kat. 17b הכביד … מֵיקַלוכ׳ if the mourners hair is too heavy, he may make it lighter with a razor; Y. ib. III, 82a top. Erub.IV, 9 להָקֵל על העשיר to make it easy for the rich man; a. fr.Trnsf. ה׳ ראשו to be irreverent, talk frivolously (v. קַלּוּת). Ber.IX, 5 לא יָקֵל אדם את ראשו כנגדוכ׳ man (a pilgrim coming to Jerusalem) must not behave irreverently in sight of the eastern gate Yalk. Gen. 24 מֵיקֶלֶת ראשה she is frivolous (light-minded); Yalk. Is. 265 מֵקֶילֶת ראש; (Gen. R. s. 18 מיקרת, v. יָקַר). 2) to be lenient; to incline towards the less restrictive practice, opp. החמיר, v. חָמַר I. Y. M. Kat. l. c. הלכה כדברי מי שהוא מיקל the adopted practice follows the opinion of him who is more lenient; Erub.46a, a. fr. כדברי המיקלוכ׳. Yeb.88a הֵיקַלְתָּ עליה, v. חָמַר I. Pes.52b, v. מַגִּיד. Erub. l. c. wherever you find יחיד מיקל ורביםוכ׳ an individual scholar favoring the more lenient practice against several in favor of restriction. Sabb.129a, a. fr. ספק נפשות להָקל where there is a doubt involving the endangering of human life, the more lenient rule is applied; a. fr. 3) to be sparing, beggarly. Ib. כל המיקל … מְקִילִין לו מזוניתיווכ׳ he that stints himself at the meal taken after bloodletting, to him they in heaven will give his sustenance stintingly; a. e. Pi. קִלֵּל ( to diminish, to curse. Keth.VII, 6 מְקַלֶּלֶת, v. יִוֹלֵד. Sabb.62b שאשתו מְקַלַּלְתּוֹ בפניו whom his wife curses in his presence. Pes.87b (ref. to Prov. 30:10 sq.) אפו׳ דור שאביו יְקַלֵּלוכ׳ even if it be a generation of men that curse their father …, do not denounce Yoma 75a ק׳ את הנחשוכ׳ God cursed the serpent, yet it climbs up the roof and finds its food. Sot.11a (expl. ועלה, Ex. 1:10, as euphem. for ועלינו) כאדם שמְקַלֵּל את עצמווכ׳ like a man that wants to curse himself (express an ill omen about himself), and hangs his curse on others. B. Bath.88b הקב״ה בירך … וקִלְּלָןוכ׳ the Lord blessed Israel with the twenty-two letters of the alphabet (from א of אם, Lev. 26:3, to ת of קוממיות, ib. 13), and cursed them with eight letters (from ו of ואם, ib. 14, to ם of נפשם, ib. 43). Snh.70a מתוך שקלקלו … קִלְּלוֹ ברביעי because Ham injured him by (preventing his begetting) a fourth son, he (Noah) cursed him by his fourth son (Canaan). Ib. 91b כל המונע … שבמעי אמן מְקַלְּלִין אותו (not אמו) he that withholds a tradition from his pupil, even the embryos in their mothers womb will curse him; Yalk. Prov. 947; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְקַלֵּל to be cursed. Ber.61a בתחלה נ׳ … נִתְקַלְּלָהוכ׳ the serpent was cursed first, and then Eve ; Gen. R. s. 20; Erub.18a. Ib. b נתקללה בבל נִתְקַלְּלוּוכ׳ when Babylon was cursed, her neighbors were cursed. Bekh.8a אם מבהמה נתקללהוכ׳ if she (Eve) was cursed (with prolonged pregnancy) more than cattle Ib. נ׳ הוא … אחת לשבע it (the serpent) was cursed seven times more than certain cattle. Ib. נ׳ הוא מחיה (not נתקלקל); a. fr.Tosef.Sot.II, 3 ניקללה ניוולה, Var. ניקל, read: ניקתה בניוולה, v. נָקָה Nif.)