חֲלָלָא, space, cavern, hole. Targ. Y. Lev. XXIII, 42.—Y. Kil. IX, 32ᶜ bot.; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵇ יהבון בח׳ put them into a cavern. Ab. Zar. 28ᵇ ח׳ דבי צוארא neck-hole of a garment. Y. ib. II, 40ᵈ top עביר עינא כחללה (not כחל לה) considers the eye like an inner organ (for treatment on the Sabbath, v. preced.).
חֲלָלָא, pl. חֲלָלֵי, in ח׳ דעלמאthe underground treasures of the world. Snh. 97ᵃ; B. Mets. 49ᵃ (חללא, corr. acc., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 6).
חֲלָלָא, secrets. Sabb. 77ᵇ if they asked him כל ח׳ עלמא about all the secret processes of nature.