חֲלַץ ch. same 1) to take off, undress. Part. pass. חָלִיץ. Targ. II Sam. VI, 20.—Lam. R. introd (R. Joh. 1) חֲלִיצֵי מסאני without shoes. M. Kat. 22ᵇ למִיחֲלַץ to bare their shoulders. —2) to withdraw. Yeb. 102ᵇ עמא דח׳ ליה … מיניה a people from which its lord has withdrawn (with ref. to חלץ מהם, Hos. V, 6). —3) to perform the rite of ḥălitsah; v. infra.
Pa. - חַלֵּיץ 1) to perform or arrange the rite of ḥălitsah. Ib. לה אחין וכ׳ (or דחלְצוּ) ואילו יבמה דחַלְּצוּ suppose brothers would untie the shoe of their sister-in-law, would this be of any legal consequence? Ib.ᵃ אנא לא הואי חַלִּיצְנָא וכ׳ I should not have allowed a ḥălitsah except &c.; a. fr. —2) to undress, strip. Targ. I Sam. XXXI, 9. Ib. 8 (h. text לפשט); Targ. I Kings XI, 15 (h. text לקבר!).