זוּל I (b. h., v. זָלַל) to be of slight value, to be cheap; to be despicable, mean. Sabb. 55ᵇ (play on פ̇ח̇ז̇, Gen. XLIX, 4) פ̇זתה ח̇בתה זַֹלְתָּה (not זלתא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 300) thou wast rash, becamest guilty, degradedst thyself. Snh. 98ᵃ מלכות הַזָּלָה the despicable (Roman) government (Rashi: ‘the slightest trace of tyranny’).—2) (cmp. בּוּז) to squander, be excessive in sensual enjoyments, be dissolute. Num. R. s. 10 (ed. Amst. p. 240ᵃ) חבורה של זָלִין a company of dissolute men.—Polel זוֹלֵל, only as part. 1) low, mean. Midr. Prov. to II, 4 (ref. to Jer. XV, 19) כל … להוציא ד"ת מז׳ he who succeeds in making the words of the Law come forth from a low man (who educates an abandoned person).—Pesik. R. s. 21 נעשה העולם זוֹלֵלָה the world became an object reduced in value. —2) spendthrift, glutton. Sifré Deut. 219 ז׳ בבשר zolel (Deut. XXI, 20) refers to excesses in eating meat (v. Snh. VIII, 2).
Hif. - הֵזִיל 1) to become cheap, fall in price. Y. Keth. XII, beg. 34ᵈ היו ביוקר והֵזִילוּ if provisions were dear and fell in price. —2) to treat with contempt. Treat. Der. Er. ch. II מְזִילֵי הרבים those who treat the public &c. [B. Bath. 25ᵃ, v. נָזַל.]
Hof. - הוּזָל to fall in price. B. Mets. V, 8 והוּזְלוּ and (the wheat) fell. Ib. 75ᵃ; a. fr.