חִילּוּי, (חָלָה, Pi.) sweetening, softening; trnsf. entreaty, ḥilluy, one of the expressions for prayer (v. זְעָקָה). Ex. R. s. 43 (ref. to ויחל, Ex. XXXII, 11) לשון ח׳ it means sweetening.—Yalk. Deut. 811; Yalk. Sam. 157; (Sifré Deut. s. 26 חילול, corr. acc.).