- בילה
- בִּילָהf. (= בְּלִילָה, fr. בלל, cmp. נִידָה Lam. 1:8; עִילָה a. עֲלִילָה) thorough mixture, even distribution of mixed objects. Zeb.80a יש ב׳ a mixture is considered evenly distributed in all its parts. R. Hash. 13b לכל אין ב׳ none of the mixtures named is a real mixture (of even distribution), except wine and oil (being liquid). Ḥull.83b, a. fr. כל הראוי לב׳וכ׳ wherever from the proportions and properties of the mixture a perfect fusion is possible, the real act of mixing thoroughly is not indispensable.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.