- מעל
- מָעַל(b. h.; denom. of preced.) to circumvent, defraud. Sifré Num. 7 (ref. to Num. 5:12) ומָעֲלָה בו מ׳ על דבר ערוהוכ׳ does ‘she was faithless to him refer to marital betrayal or to money matters?; v. מְעִילָה.Esp. to make inappropriate use of sacred property, to be guilty of transgressing, be amenable to, the law concerning מְעִילָה (Lev. 5:15, sq.). Meïl. I, 1 מֹועֲלִים בהן in using them inadvertently one commits mʿilah (i. e. they retain their sacred character in spite of a mistake made at their slaughtering). Ib. אין מוֹעֲלִין בה it has no longer a sacred character. Ib. 3:2 לא נהנין ולא מועלין בהן you must not make use of them, but if you did, you are not amenable to ; a. v. fr.(Yalk. Num. 765 מועל ומשקר, read מְעַוֵּל, v. עָוַל.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.