שָׁחַל II (v.חָלַל, חֲלַל II; cmp. Assyr. סחל to perforate, Del. Assyr. Handw., p. 493) to move in a hollow space, slip.—Part. pass. שָׁחוּל a) slipped. Y. Sabb. XV, beg. 15ᵃ בחבל ש׳ היא מתני׳ the Mishnah speaks of a rope drawn through a loop (not knotted). Ib. חבל שהוא משוחל בפסיקיא וכ׳ if a looped rope be meant, (of which the Mishnah says,) ‘you may tie up the broken rope with a fascia, but not with a rope, but R. Judah allows’—this would imply that the Rabbis do not allow it (and why should they not?).—b) v. שָׁחוּל.
Hif. - הִשְׁחִיל to pass through a hollow space (חַלּוֹן) or groove; to slide. Bets. 35ᵇ (ref. to Mish. ib. V, 1 משילין) חד תני משילין וחד תני מַשְׁחִילִין one reads mashshilin (fr. נָשַׁל), and another reads mashḥilin, you may let fruit slide down through an aperture in the roof (אֲרוּבָּה) &c.; מאן דתני משחילין וכ׳ he that reads mashḥilin is not wrong, for we read (Bekh. VI, 7) &c., v. שָׁחוּל. Y. ib. V, beg. 62ᵈ היה … משחילין דרך חלון if there is an aperture in the roof, you may let the fruit down by the aperture. Y. Yoma II, 39ᶜ מַשְׁחִיל ותורם he lets the wood slide (down the altar), and then removes the ashes. Y. Kil. IX, end, 32ᵈ חוט שהִשְׁחִילוֹ במחט (not למחט) a thread which one threaded through the eye of a needle; Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᶜ bot. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVIII, 41 ה׳ עשו עצמו וכ׳ Esau threaded his way through and went into the cave; ib. ה׳ וצף וכ׳ ed. Bub., v. צָפַף. Yalk. Ruth 606 שאלו הש׳ לה קללה אחת וכ׳ (later ed. התחיל, corr. acc.) for, if he (Boaz) had let down a single curse on her (Ruth), how could I (David) have risen?; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 63ᵃ שאלו השאיל … מלמטן וכ׳ (corr. acc.) for, if he had let down on her a single curse from above (‘below’ euphem. for ‘above’) &c.; Pesik. R. s. 17 התחיל (corr. acc.); Ruth R. to III, 10 (s. 6, beg.) החיש לה (corr. acc.).—Part. pass. מוּשְׁחָל. Lev. R. s. 36 (ref. to Prov. XI, 21) וזרע … שמ׳ מבין … נמלט ‘the seed of righteous men’ that slips through between two righteous men (like Ahaz between a pious father and a pious son) escapes; (Y. Snh. X, 27ᵈ זרע שהוא מוטל וכ׳).