חִלֶשׁ m. (v. חָלַשׁ, cmp. חֵלֶק) lot, ballot. Pesik. Zakh., p. 22ᵃ (ref. to ויחלש, Ex. XIII, 13) בח׳ לקה וכ׳ Amalek was smitten by ballot (v. חָלַשׁ). Ib. ארבעה שמות נקראו לגורל ח׳ וכ׳ the lot has four names, Ḥêlesh, pûr &c.; Yalk. Ex. 265.—Pl. חֲלָשִׁים, חֲלָשִׁין. Ib. (quotation) וכאשר יטילו ח׳ על המנות; Sabb. XXIII, 2 (148ᵇ) מטילין ח׳ וכ׳ lots may be cast for shares of sacred meat &c. Sabb. 149ᵇ מאי משמע דהאי ח׳ וכ׳ what evidence is there that ḥălashim means lot? (Answ. ref. to Is. XIV, 12).
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חִלֶשׁ m. (v. חָלַשׁ , cmp. חֵלֶק ) lot, ballot . Pesik. Zakh., p. 22ᵃ (ref. to ויחלש , Ex. XIII, 13 ) בח׳ לקה וכ׳ Amalek was smitten by ballot (v.…
References
- Jastrow, חָלַשׁ 1
- Jastrow, חֵלֶק 1
- Exodus 13:13
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 265:4
- Mishnah Shabbat 23:2
- Shabbat 148b:19
- Shabbat 149b:5
- Isaiah 14:12