כְּחַל

כְּחַלI ch. 1) same. Targ. 2 Kings 9:30; a. e.Sabb.80a עין … הא לא כַחֲלֵי but people never paint one eye only! 2) (ironically, v. infra) to blind the eyes. Ber.58a חברוהי כַחְלִינְהוּוכ׳ his associates put his eyes out, v. כְּבִי.Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40d top כחל לה, read in one w., v. חֲלָלָא. Ithpe. אִיכְּחַל to be painted. Nidd.55b if one desires to become blind, לִיכְּחוֹל מארמאי (מעכ״ום) let him have his eyes painted by gentiles; Y. Ab. Zar. l. c. מִיכְּחוּל מינהון.