Jastrow: עוֹל

עוֹל m. (b. h. עֹל; עָלַל) yoke; also pole of a wagon. Kil. II, 6 מלא הע׳ השרוני the width of the yoke (the team) used in the plain of Sharon. Kel. XIV, 4 הע׳ של מתכות a metal pole (v. Maim. a. l.); ib. 5 הע׳ המצופה the metal-tipped pole. Sifré Num. 123 בע׳ שלא לעבודה וכ׳ the text speaks of a yoke not put on for working. Sot. 46ᵃ ע׳ פוסל בין בשעת וכ׳ the bearing of a yoke disqualifies the animal for the ceremony, whether it was put on at working time &c.; a. fr.—Trnsf. obligation, dependence. Ab. III, 5 כל המקבל עליו ע׳ תורה … ע׳ מלכות וע׳ דרך ארץ whosoever takes upon himself the yoke (obligations) of the Law, from him shall be removed the yoke of government (oppression) and the yoke of worldly affairs; וכל הפורק ממנו ע׳ תורה וכ׳ but he who throws off the yoke of the Law, will be made to feel the yoke of &c. Ber. II, 2 כדי שיקבל עליו ע׳ מלכות שמים … ע׳ מצות in order that he may acknowledge his dependence on divine government first (by reciting Deut. VI, 4 sq., v. שְׁמַע) and then his subjection to religious duties (by reciting Deut. XI, 13 sq.); a. fr.—Pl.) עוּלִּין. Tanḥ. V’zoth 5 שני ע׳ וכ׳ thou puttest two yokes upon thy children; Yalk. Deut. 952.