- זְחַל
- זְחַלI ch. same, 1) to creep. Targ. Jer. 46:22; a. e. 2) to flow. Targ. Ps. 147:18 Ms. (ed. זלח׳, h. text יזלו). Targ. II Esth. 1:2 זחלין בוסמ׳, read זלחין, v. preced. Pa. זַחֵל to let off, to empty (by opening the spicket). Y.Ab. Zar IV, 44a bot. עד דתְזַחֲלוּן גובה until ye shall have emptied the pit.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.