- תחל
- תְּחַלAf. אַתְחֵיל, אַתְחֵל ch. same. Targ. Job 1:13.B. Bath.14b אַתְחוּלֵי … לא מַתְחִילִינָן with evil we do not begin, i. e. in arranging Biblical books we do not place first a book containing evil prophecies. Ber.21b דלא א׳ בה he had not begun to say his prayers. Pes.105a אתחולי לא מַתְחֲלִינָן we must not begin a meal, opp. פסק; a. v. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
