חָלָא III, (חול or חלל) [turned, spoiled,] vinegar. Targ. O. Num. VI, 3 חַל; Y. חֲלָא. Targ. Ps. LXIX, 22 חָ׳ ed. (Ms. חֲ׳). Targ. Prov. XXV, 20 חלא ed. Lag. (ed. חֵילָא, Ms. חוֹ׳). Targ. Ruth II, 14.—Ab. Zar. 12ᵇ. Gen. R. s. 39, v. זוּל I ch.—Ḥull. 120ᵃ ח׳ דקריש Ar. (ed. חלב) a jellied vinegar sauce of meat; a. fr.—Y. Maasr. III, 50ᵈ bot. ח׳ בר חמרא a deteriorated son, v. חוֹמֶץ; Ḥull. 105ᵃ. [Y. Ter. VII, 45ᵈ bot. בחלא, read: בחַקְלָא.]