מַחֲלָה, sickness. Mekh. B’shall., Vayassa, s. 1 (ref. to Ex. XV, 26) (הא) אם אין בהם מ׳ וכ׳ if there is to be no sickness among them, what healing will they need? B. Mets. 107ᵇ; B. Kam. 92ᵇ מ׳ זו מרה ‘the sickness’ means (affection of) the bile &c., v. חָלָה.