חָלַשׁ (b. h.) 1) to relax, be weak, prostrated (cmp. חָלָה).—V. חַלָּשׁ. —2) [to round, smoothen, denom. חֵלֶשׁ smooth stone; (cmp. חֵלֶק) ballot; fr. which חָלַשׁ] to cast a lot; to assign. Pesik. Zakh., p. 22ᵃ expl. ויחלש, (Ex. XVIII, 13) הפיל עליהן גורלות he (Joshua) cast lots over them (for their destruction). Arakh. IX, 4 (31ᵇ) שיהא חוֹלֵשׁ … ללשכה (Mish. ed. בלשכה) that he might assign his redeeming money to the Temple fund (deposit it there, to assert his privilege of redemption).
חָלַשׁ
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חָלַשׁ (b. h.) 1) to relax, be weak, prostrated (cmp. חָלָה ).—V. חַלָּשׁ . —2) [ to round, smoothen , denom. חֵלֶשׁ smooth stone; (cmp. חֵלֶק )…
References
- Jastrow, חָלָה 1
- Jastrow, חַלָּשׁ 1
- Jastrow, חִלֶשׁ 1
- Jastrow, חֵלֶק 1
- Jastrow, חָלַשׁ 1
- Exodus 18:13
- Mishnah Arakhin 9:4
- Arakhin 31b:80