הוֹאִיל, conj. (= הוֹעִיל, v. יָעַל) [it helps, or help,] followed by ו־, because, since. Ab. Zar. III, 7 ה׳ ולצורה וכ׳ since they worship the figure (but not the tree). Y. Shek. III, beg. 47ᵇ ה׳ ואילו וכ׳ since they say so and the others &c.; a. v. fr.—Also in Chald. phrases. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XVIII, 17; a. e.—Yeb. 22ᵃ ה׳ ואתו לידן since we are at these subjects. Bets. 18ᵇ ה׳ ובשבת שרי וכ׳ since it is allowed on the Sabbath, it is also allowed on Yom Kippur. Ib. ומי אית ליה לרבא ה׳ does Raba adopt the principle of hoïl (because something is permitted in one case, the permission must be extended to all analogous cases)?; a. fr.—Yeb. 117ᵃ ה׳ דלא ידעה וכ׳ it helps (we believe her that her husband is dead), for she did not know &c. (marginal correction משום).