בָּדַל (√בד, v. בדד) to separate, divide, distinguish; (neut. v.) בָּדֵל to keep aloof. Pes. 87ᵇ בְּדוֹל עצמך וכ׳ withdraw thyself from (touching) her. Y. Ḥag. II, 78ᵇ top כדי שיהא בָּדֵל מן התרומה in order that he may be careful in handling T’rummah. B. Mets. 59ᵇ it seems to me שחברים בְּדֵילִים וכ׳ that the colleagues hold themselves aloof from thee (i.e. thou art excommunicated). Ib. 89ᵃ ב׳ בתמרים to separate (with a tool) dates which stick together (cmp. Rashi a. l.); Y. Maasr. II, 50ᵃ top הבדיל בתמרים (read הבודל). Ber. 5ᵃ יסורין בְּדֵילִין וכ׳ pains will stay away from him; a. fr.
Hif. - הִבְדִּיל 1) to sever, set apart, distinguish. Ḥull. 21ᵇ מולק ואינו מַבְדִּיל he nips the bird’s neck but must not sever a limb or cut with his nail deeper than required (Lev. I, 17). Ib. I, 7 המבדיל בין וכ׳ He who established distinctions between (the) sanctity (of the Sabbath) and (the) sanctity (of the Festivals); a. fr. —2) (denom. of אַבְדָּלָה or הַבְדָּלָה) to recite the benediction Hammabdil on the exit of the Sabbath or Festival, to say Habdalah. Ibid. כיצד מבדילין what formula must you use (at the exit of the Sabbath and the simultaneous beginning of a Festival)? a. fr.—Part. Hof. מוּבְדָּל separated, distinguished. Num. R. s. 10 beg. מוּבְדָּלִים וכ׳ are different from the doings of other nations. Naz. 7ᵃ מוּבְדָּלוֹת זו מזו are separated one from another. Tosef. Peah III, 5; a. fr.