אֲוַל, (אול to circle, v. חוּל, עול, cmp. עוֹלָם, תְּחִלָּה) beginning, early season. Targ. Hos. IX, 10; a. e.—מן א׳ from the beginning (of the world). Targ. Job. XX, 4; a. fr.—לאויל to (its) previous condition. Targ. Ez. XVI, 55 (some ed. לְאַוְלְהַן). Cmp. אלל.