חֲלִי, חֲלָא ch. same 1) to be soft, sweet. Targ. Prov. XXVII, 7. Targ. Y. II, Lev. II, 11 (h. text דבש); a. e.— 2) to be sick, grieve. Yoma 22ᵇ; B. Kam. 20ᵇ כמה לא ח׳ וכ׳ how little does he whom the Lord supports need to grieve or trouble himself! —3) to remit. Keth. 86ᵃ top ותִיחֲלָה, v. חוּל II ch.
Pa. - חַלֵּי 1) to sweeten.—Part. pass. f. מְחַלְיָא. Cant. R. to III, 4 בשעת מְחַלְיַית שינתא during the sweetest sleep. Ab. Zar. 39ᵃ מח׳ שמנוניתא Ms. M. the fatty substance (absorbed in the knife) becomes sweet again (loses its bad taste); ed. מְחַלְּיָּא ליה ש׳ (read: לש׳) it (the strong taste of assa foetida) sweetens &c. [Ber. 6ᵇ קא מחליין ed., Ms. מחללי, v. חֲלַל I.]
Ithpe. - (אִתַּחֲלִי) אִתְחֲלִי to become sweet. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XV, 25.