זָחַל (b. h.) 1) to creep. —2) to flow, run. זוֹחֲלִים, זוֹחֲלִין running waters, opp. to נוטפין dripping water (collected rain water &c.). Mikv. V, 5 הז׳ במעין running waters are like a well (for levitical purposes). Ib. נוטפין שעשאן ז׳ collected rain water which was made running (by causing an overflow into a channel). Eduy. VII, 3, sq. Sabb. 65ᵇ; a. e.—Y. Shebi. IV, end, 35ᶜ משיִזְחֲלוּ מים when the berries are sufficiently developed to yield running drops when squeezed, v. גָּרַע II. [Num. R. s. 13, beg. וזוחלות; Yalk. Cant. 988 זוחלת, read זולח׳, v. זָלַח.]
Hif. - הִזְחִיל to let collected water run into a channel. Mikv. V, 5 אין מַזְחִילִין בו you must not use it for &c.