מְחַבַּלְתָּא, (חֲבַל Pa.) travailing woman. Koh. R. to III, 2 אינון צווחין לה מ׳ דהיא ממשכנא וכ׳ she is called m’ḥabbalta (v. חָבַל 1), because she is pledged in the hands of death (with ref. to Ex. XXII, 25). Gen. R. s. 60, v. חַיְיתָא II