חֲבַל

חֲבַלII m. (preced.) 1) injury, v. חַבְלָא I. 2) woe!, Oh! (cmp. בִּיָּיא II). Targ. Job 10:15 (Var. חֲבֵיל, חֲבוֹל); a. e.(Also in Hebr. diction) Ned.74b ח׳ עליךוכ׳ woe unto thee! (a pity) that Snh.111a; Ex. R. s. 6, a. e. ח׳ על דאבדיןוכ׳ Oh, for those who are gone and cannot be replaced! Ib. s. 26; Mekh. Bshall., Vayassa, s.6 (prov.) נפל ביתא ח׳ לכוותא (not אבל) when the house falls, woe to the windows!; a. fr. 3) (adv.) to ruin. Pes.20b תשפך ח׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9) it must be poured out (and go) to ruin; B. Kam. 116a (ed. הכל, corr. acc., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30), opp. to תעשה זילוף, v. זִילּוּף.