- חֹולֶה
- חֹולֶהm. (b. h. חֹלֶה; חָלָה) sick; a patient. Ber.10a לך ובקר את הת׳ go and visit the sick (King). Ib. 54b מי שהיה ח׳וכ׳ he who has been sick and recovered. Ib. bot. ח׳ חתןוכ׳ a sick person, a bridegroom ; a. v. fr.Pl. חוֹלִים, חוֹלִין. Cant. R. to II, 5 ח׳ מן השעבוד suffering from oppression. Gitt.28a, a. fr. רוב ח׳ לתיים the majority of the sick recover again. Ib. 61a מבקרין חוֹלֵי נכריםוכ׳ you are bound to visit the sick of the gentile community alike with ; a. fr.ביקור ח׳, v. בִּיקּוּר.Fem. חוֹלָה. Sot.36b ח׳ היא that she was sick.Midr. Till. to Ps. 48:14 (play on לחילה, ib.) לאותה הח׳ שהיא עתידה להיות ח׳ (pay attention) to that sick (nation), for she is destined to be sick (suffering). Cant. R. l. c.; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.