דַּל

דַּלI (imperat. of דְּלַל) lessen, deduct; (adv.) less. Sabb.89b ד׳ עשרין deduct twenty years. R. Hash. 7b ד׳ רגלים leave out festivals. Succ.2a ד׳ עשתרותוכ׳ imagine the Succah outside of the hollow, and there remains the shade of the roof; ד׳ דופנין imagine the walls removed. Ib. 56b נימא ליה דל בדל let the retiring division of priests say to the coming in, ‘less for less, i. e. take ye one loaf less and those relieving you will also take one less. Midr. Prov. ch. XXII דל עוד מחייו deduct also from the years of his life; a. e.