חֵלֶב, (b. h.) fatty concretion (cmp. חַלָּא), esp. that abdominal fat of cattle which it is forbidden to eat, ḥeleb (Lev. III, 17), contrad. to שומן. Kerith. III, 1. Ḥull. 113ᵇ המבשל חֵ׳ בחָלָב if one boils fat with milk. Snh. 4ᵇ חֵלֶב וחָלָב דכי וכ׳ ḥeleb a. ḥalab which are written alike, v. אֵם; a. fr.—Pl. חֲלָבִים, חֲלָבִין. Ber. I, 1 ח׳ ואברים the pieces of fat and the limbs belonging to the altar; Tam. VII, 3 שלחן הח׳ the (marble) table designated for the fat-pieces (and limbs).—Ker. 12ᵃ, sq. חֲלָבִין laws concerning the eating of ḥeleb; Y. Yeb. X, 11ᵃ top מדמי לה לח׳ (not לחלבון); a. fr.—[Y. Ter. X, 47ᵇ bot. לובן חלבין, v. חֶלְבּוֹן.]—גוּשׁ הֵ׳, v. גּוּשׁ.