בְּטֵל, בְּטֵיל ch. same ; 1) as h. Kal 1). Targ. Lam. V, 15; a. e.—Sot. 33ᵃ בטילת עבידתא וכ׳ the decree enforcing idol worship in the Temple has been repealed. Meg. Taan. XI on the twenty second (of Shebat) ב׳ עבידתא was the decree &c. revoked. Sabb. 139ᵃ, Snh. 98ᵃ אי בטלי וכ׳; v. אַמְגּוֹשָׁא. R. Hash. 18ᵇ בטילת אדכרתא (Meg. Taan. VII אתנטילת, read אתב׳), v. אַדְכַּרְתָּא; a. fr.—2) as h. Kal 2). Targ. Y. Ex. XVII, 1 [read:] דבְטִילוּ אידיהון when their hands were lazy &c.—Part. pass. בָּטִיל annulled; neutralized (in a larger quantity, v. preced. Pi.). Ḥull. 100ᵃ, a. fr. (in Hebr. phraseol.) מין במינו לא ב׳ in a mixture of homogeneous things (of which one is forbidden) the rule of neutralization by quantity takes no effect. Ib. 99ᵃ ברובא ב׳ it is neutralized in any larger quantity (than the forbidden ingredient); a. fr.—Ib. 100ᵃ top ותבטיל, v. Ithpe.
Pa. - בַּטֵּיל as h. Pi. Targ. Ps. XXXIII, 10 (some ed. incorr. בְּטִיל); a. e.—Erub. 66ᵇ למאן נִיבַטֵּיל to whom should he resign his right of usage (for Sabbath purposes)? לִיבַטֵּיל וכ׳ shall he resign &c.? Ib. 67ᵃ בַּטּוּלֵי … מְבַטֵיל. Pes. 6ᵇ לְבַטְּלֵיה let him renounce it (the leavened thing). Ib. וניבטליה בארבע let him renounce it at four hours of the day. Gitt. 36ᵇ אֲבַטְּלִינֵיה I would repeal it (that law). Ib. 32ᵃ דבטולי בטליה that he revoked it (the letter of divorce); a. fr.
Af. - אַבְטֵיל 1) = Pa. Targ. Y. Gen. VI, 7 1) = Pa. Targ. Y. Gen. VI, 7 אַבְטִיל I will undo (h. text אמחה); a. e. —2) = h. Hif. Targ. Is. XXX, 11 אַבְטְלוּנָא מ־ make ye us free from tradition.