חָלַט II (b. h.; cmp. חָלַץ) [to surround, tie up (corresp. to b. h. צמת),] 1) to make final. Part. pass. חָלוּט, f. חֲלוּטָה permanently sold, irredeemable. Arakh. IX, 4 הגיע … היה ח׳ וכו׳ (Talm. ed. 31ᵃ היתה ח׳, read: חלוטה) when the last day … had passed and it (the house) was not redeemed, it was his forever …, for we read לצמיתות (Lev. XXV, 30); (Tosef. ib. V, 10 צמת). Arakh. l. c. בראשונה … שיהא ח׳ לו formerly the purchaser used to hide himself on the last day … in order that it might become his irredeemably; Sifra B’har ch. V, Par. 4 שתהא חלוטה לו. Arakh. 31ᵇ למי ח׳ to which (of the two buyers) did it belong finally?; a. fr.—V. חֲלוּטִין. —2) to pass final judgment on a leper after probationary enclosure (Lev. XIII). Zeb. 102ᵃ אני מסגירה ואני חוֹלְטָהּ וכ׳ I will lock her up, declare her a leper and discharge her.
Hif. - הֶחֱלִיט 1) to pass final judgment, to make valid; to adjudicate. Y. Dem. VII, beg. 26ᵃ צריך להַחֲלִיט וכ׳ he must make the consecrating conditions valid by speech. Y. Keth. X, 33ᵈ bot. אי זה … להַחֲלִיט מַחֲלִיטִין which of them the court chooses to declare valid, it may &c. Gen. R. s. 61 שלא תַחֲלִיט להם וכ׳ lest thou surrender the country to them (through bad argument); Yalk. ib. 110 (insert להם). Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵇ top גסות … היא הֶחֱלִיטָתוֹ his haughtiness made Jerob. a confirmed sinner; a. e. —2) to declare a person a leper. Y. M. Kat. I, 80ᶜ bot. מטמא ומַחֲלִיט declares him unclean and this a decided leper; ורבנן … ומַחֲלִיטִין and the Rabbis say, he must be examined as if it were a new case, but at all events they declare &c.—Part. pass. מוּחֲלָט, f. מוּחֲלֶטֶת 1) irrevocable, confirmed. Yoma 86ᵇ תשובת המוּחֲלָטִין the repentance of the confirmed sinners.—2) the declared leper, opp. to מוּסְגָּר. Meg. I, 7. Yeb. 103ᵇ. Tosef. Naz. VI, 1 מ׳ בספק one declared a leper from doubt; Y. ib. VIII, end, 57ᵇ; a. fr.