Jastrow: לוּל

לוּל m. (b. h.; contr. of לעל, apocop. of לעלע = עלעל, cmp. formation of כֶּסֶךְ; cmp. עָלל, עִלְעוֹל, עִלְעֵל I) 1) winding pathway, passage way, esp. a small room with a staircase leading up to the upper rooms (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. House, Amer. ed. 1858, p. 519ᵃ). Men. 34ᵃ ל׳ פתוח מן הבית לעליה a small room opening (leading) from the ground floor to the upper room. Pes. 34ᵃ ל׳ קטן היה וכ׳ there was a small passage way between the graded ascent (כֶּבֶשׁ) and the altar; ib. 77ᵃ (Zeb. 62ᵇ אויר; ib. 104ᵃ ריוח).—Pl. לוּלִים, לוּלִין. Y. Erub. VII, beg. 24ᵇ מהו לערב דרך ל׳ how about connecting two dwellings for Sabbath purposes by the way of the staircases (leading to the roofs)?—Y. Yoma I, 38ᶜ; Y. Meg. IV, 75ᶜ bot. ל׳ אלו ע"ג אלו וכ׳ staircases above each other (well-hole) require M’zuzah, (to be furnished by him) who has the right of use of the lower threshold. Pes. 8ᵃ; Yoma 11ᵃ ל׳ ומתבן the staircase rooms and the provision room; [comment. refer to Nr. 3, v. infra]. Midd. IV, 5; Pes. 26ᵃ ול׳ היו פתוחין וכ׳ there were small passages in the loft leading to the Holy of Holies through which mechanics were lowered in boxes (closed elevators). —2) (anat.) a passage from the vestibulum vaginae (פרוזדור). Nidd. 17ᵇ, v. עֲלִיָּיה. —3) ל׳ של תרנגולים hen-roost. Sabb. 102ᵇ העושה נקב בל׳ וכ׳ he who makes a hole (for ventilation) in a hen-roost; ib. 146ᵃ משום ל׳ של וכ׳ in order to prevent making a hole in a hen-roost which is done for ventilation. Ib. 122ᵇ; a. e.—Pl. as ab. Pes. 8ᵃ; Yoma 11ᵃ ל׳ ומתבן hen-roosts &c., v. supra.