כַּרְזִילָא m. (כְּרַז, with format, ל) 1) the shepherd’s assistantthat gathers the scattered flock. B. Kam. 56ᵇ מסרו לרועה לכַרְזִילֵיה Ar. (ed. לב׳, corr. acc.) ‘he surrendered it to the shepherd’ (in Mish.) means to his assistant. —2) he who calls to, and leads in prayer.—Pl. כַּרְזִילִין. Targ. Cant. I, 8 כַּרְזִילָהָא (not בַּ׳, v. ed. Lag. II, p. XIV) her (the congregation’s) leaders. Targ. Koh. X, 10.