- חבלא I, חבלא
- חַבְלָאI, חֲבָלָא m. (preced.) injury, ruin. Dan. 3:25 חֲבַל. Ezra 4:22 חֲבָלָא.Constr. תֲבַל. Targ. Job 5:21. Ib. 22 (ed. Wil. חַבֵּל). Targ. II Gen. 22:10 Y. גובא דח׳ (= h. בְּאֵר שַׁחַת). Targ. Jon. 2:7; a. e.B. Kam.89b בתַבְלֵיה for the injury he sustained. Bekh.8b חַבְלֵיה Rashi, v. חֲבִילָא. Snh.100b ליזול לח׳ go to ruin.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
