בַּטָּלָה, (preced.) vanity, idleness. Keth. V, 5 הב׳ מביאה וכ׳ idleness leads to immorality. Ab. III, 4 המפנה לבו לב׳ who turns his mind to vanities. Y. Ber. VI, 10ᵃ bot. להזכיר ש"ש לב׳ to pronounce the name of the Lord for no purpose.—Y. Keth. VII, 31ᵇ bot. דברים של ב׳ useless labors (as carrying water and pouring it out again). Gen. R. s. 91 דבר של ב׳ irrelevant argument. Y. Naz. IV, 53ᵇ על הב׳ for no use. Kidd. 16ᵇ שכר ב׳ compensation for interrupted labor; a. fr.