- חוֹלָה
- חוֹלָהII f. (חוּל; = b. h. מָחוֹל) chorus of singers and dancers. Y.Meg.II, 73b (ref. to חילה, Ps. 48:14) עתיד … להיעשות ראש ח׳וכ׳ the Lord will be chosen the leader of the chorus (choragus) ; Cant. R. to I, 3; VII, 1 (read:) לֵיעָשׂוֹתוכ׳; Lev. R. s. 11, end להיות ראש ח׳; (Yalk. Is. 294 מחול; Koh. R. to I, 11 מחולה); Ib. לחילה לחו׳ כתיב read lḥolah. Cant. R. l. c. כח׳ שנעשהוכ׳ like the chorus which was arranged for us
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
