חוּל

חוּל(b. h.; cmp. חלל) (to turn around, circle, 1) to dance. Part. חָל, חיֹל; perf. חָל. Taan.IV, 8 יוצאות וחוֹלוֹתוכ׳ used to go out and dance in the vineyards; Lam. R. introd. וחָלוֹת (ר׳ זעירא) (ed. Wil. וחולות). Koh. R. to I, 11 חָלִין לפניו dance before Him, v. חוֹלָה. Gen. R. s. 74 חָלִים; Cant. R. to VII, 1; a. e. 2) (cmp. חַג) to come in turn, to occur. Meg.I, 1 חל להיותוכ׳ if the fourteenth fell on a Monday. R. Hash. IV, 1; a. v. fr. 3) (with על) to hover around ones head, to rest upon one as a duty; to take effect (as a law). Shebu.25a הנדרים חָלִים עלוכ׳ vows are binding even if referring to a religious obligation, Ib. שבועות חָלוֹתוכ׳ oaths are binding ; Ned.15a. Ib. 17a אין חָלָהוכ׳ one vow of nazaritism does not take effect ; Ḥull.101a איסור חלוכ׳, v. אִיסּוּר. Y.Sabb.VII, 9a top; a. v. fr. Hof. הוּחַל (to be made to circle, to be commenced, established. Ber.31a הוּחֲלָה it (prayer at fixed times) was instituted.