חשל

חָשַׁל(b. h.; cmp. חָסַל) to scrape off, polish; to reduce. Pi. חִישֵּׁל to crush, batter. Koh. R. to I, 6 the Lord מְחַשֵּׁלוֹ בהרים breaks it (the vehemence of the wind) through the mountains; (Lev. R. 15; Gen. R. s. 24 מרשלו; Y.Ber.IX, 13c bot. מכשלו). Nif. נֶחְשָׁל to be crushed. Sifré Deut. 296 (ref. to נחשלים, Deut. 25:18) שנמכו … ונֶחְשְׁלוּ מתחתוכ׳ who have been crushed out of the ways of the Lord and battered away from under the protection of etc.