הִילֵּ׳

הִלֵּל, הִילֵּ׳pr. n. m. Hillel, 1) H. the Babylonian (הבבלי) or Senior (הזקן). Pes.66a. Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Yoma 35b ה׳ מחייבוכ׳ the example of Hillel condemns the poor (who plead poverty as an excuse for not studying the Law); a. v. fr.בֵּיתה׳ Beth-Hillel, the School of H; the Hillelites. Bets.I, 1; a. v. fr. 2) H., son of Rabban Gamliel. Pes.51a; Tosef.M. Kat. II, 16; a. fr. 3) R. H., son of אָלָס or וָולָס, an Amora. Y.Kil.IX, 32a top. Gitt.59a; a. fr.Y.Bets. V, 63a bot. ר׳ ליל, prob. a corrupt. or abbrev. of H. 4) name of several Amoraim. Y.Ber.II, 5a bot.; a. fr. v. Frank. Mbo p. 76a>. 5) one Rabbi H. Snh.98b, sq.