Jastrow: חִילּוּל

חִילּוּל, חִלּ׳ m. (חָלַל) 1) desecration, defamation. Y. Shebu. VI, end, 37ᵇ ח׳ שבועה the desecration committed by an unnecessary oath. Sabb. 33ᵃ, a. fr. ח׳ שבת desecration of the Sabbath; ח׳ השם defamation of the Name of the Lord, disgracing the Jewish religion. Yoma 86ᵃ ה"ד ח׳ השם what act, for instance, would be a profanation &c.?—Kidd. 40ᵃ אין מקיפין בח׳ וכ׳, v. נָקַף I, II. Ber. 19ᵇ; a. fr. —2) redemption of sacred objects, secularization. Ib. 35ᵃ טעון ח׳ requires redemption. Y. Naz. II, beg. 51ᵈ משמשין לשון ח׳ mean redemption; a. fr.—Pl. חִילּוּלִים, חִלּ׳. Y. Peah VII, 20ᵇ bot. (interpret. הלולים, Lev. XIX, 24), v. ה"א. —3) the loss of priestly status, becoming a ḥalal (v. חָלָל II). Y. Ter. VII, 44ᵈ bot. את שחִילּוּלָהּ וכ׳ whose loss of priesthood was caused by &c.—Pl. חִילּוּלִין, חִלּ׳. Keth. 29ᵇ ח׳ הוא עושה he causes loss of priesthood (to his offspring). Snh. 50ᵇ בחִילּוּלֵי שבזנות וכ׳ the text speaks of desecration effected through illicit intercourse (not of Sabbath breaking).—[Sifré Deut. s. 26, v. preced. w.]