זַחֲלָא, same. Targ. Am. IV, 9; a. fr.—Yalk. Deut. 938 (play on עמלק) עם ילק פרח כהדין ז׳ a people of locusts, quick like the zaḥla; ib. Ex. 262; Pesik. Zakh., p. 26ᵇ דחלא (corr. acc.); Tanḥ. Ki Thetse 9 פרח כזוחל (corr. acc.).—Pl. זַחֲלַיָּא. Targ. Is. XXXIII, 4 Ar. (ed. sing.).
זַחֲלָא, (זְחַל I) = זוֹחֲלָאworm, moth. Targ. Job IV, 19. Targ. Y. Deut. XXVIII, 39. [Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXXII, 24 זחלל עפרא, read: זַחֲלֵי creeping in the dust.