הִלֵּל, הִילֵּ׳ pr. n. m. Hillel, 1) H. the Babylonian (הבבלי) or Senior (הזקן). Pes. 66ᵃ. Tosef. Snh. VII, 11. Yoma 35ᵇ ה׳ מחייב וכ׳ the example of Hillel condemns the poor (who plead poverty as an excuse for not studying the Law); a. v. fr.—בֵּית ה׳ Beth-Hillel, the School of H., the Hillelites. Bets. I, 1; a. v. fr. —2) H., son of Rabban Gamliel. Pes. 51ᵃ; Tosef. M. Kat. II, 16; a. fr. —3) R. H., son of אָלָס or וָולָס, an Amora. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵃ top. Gitt. 59ᵃ; a. fr.—[Y. Bets. V, 63ᵃ bot. ר׳ ליל, prob. a corrupt. or abbrev. of H.] —4) name of several Amoraim. Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ bot.; a. fr. V. Frank. M’bo p. 76ᵃ —5) one Rabbi H. Snh. 98ᵇ, sq.