- שחיל
- שְׁחַל, שְׁחֵילch. sam(שחל IIto perforate), 1) to let slip; to draw out of. Targ. O. Ex. 2:10 (Y. ed. Vien. שַׁחֵילְ׳ Pa.; h. text משה). Targ. 1 Chr. 4:18.Ber.8a כמִשְׁחַל בניתאוכ׳, v. בִּינְתָא II (perh. to be read: כמְשַׁחֵל Pa.). 2) to discharge through pores, exude. Yoma 78a דמִישְׁחַל שָׁחֵיל it (the unglazed earthen vessel) lets the moisture ooze through.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.