בָּשֵׁל, preced.) ripe, boiled, done. זרוע בשלה the boiled shoulder due to the priest (Num. VI, 19). Ḥull. 98ᵃ bot. both derive it מז׳ ב׳ from the process prescribed for the priest’s gift &c. Ib. 98ᵇ top אין ב׳ אלא שלמה when it says, ‘the shoulder boiled’ it means entire (not carved). Ib. אין ב׳ אלא שנתבשל וכ׳ when it says, ‘He shall take &c. from the ram’ it means that it must be boiled joined to (or jointly with) the body of the ram. Tanḥ. Vayera 5 Abraham בלעה בשילה swallowed the fig ripe, i.e. spoke deliberately, opp. פגה; Gen. R. s. 49 אמר בישולה (corr. acc.).