חֶילְקָא II, חֶילְקָה f. (חָלַק; cmp. Lat. alica, halica, a. חֵילֶק I) split grain, grist, spelt used for halica (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Alica). Makhsh. VI, 2 חילקה Mish. (Talm. ed. חֲלִיקָה). Y. Sabb. I, 3ᶜ bot. M. Kat. 13ᵇ ח׳ חדא לתרתי it is called ḥelka when each grain is broken in two parts; Ber. 37ᵃ Ms. ח׳ דמתברי באסיתא תרתי תרתי ḥilka is wheat pounded &c.—M. Kat. l. c. (another opin.) ח׳ כונתא ḥ. is spelt. Ib. it is called ḥelka (smooth), דשקיל חלקייהו Ar. (ed. דשקל) because its husks have been taken off (cmp. חֵילֶק II); v. חִלְקָא.
חֶילְקָא II
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חֶילְקָא II , חֶילְקָה f. ( חָלַק ; cmp. Lat. alica, halica, a. חֵילֶק I ) split grain, grist, spelt used for halica (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Alica).…
References
- Jastrow, חָלַק 1
- Jastrow, חֵילֶק I 1
- Mishnah Makhshirin 6:2
- Jastrow, חֲלִיקָה 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat 1:4:5
- Moed Katan 13b:9
- Berakhot 37a:4
- Jastrow, חֵילֶק II 1
- Jastrow, חִלְקָא 1