נְבֵלָה, carrion, an animal that has died a natural death. Gen. R. s. 81, end להוט אחר הנ׳ greedy for carrion. Ukts. III, 3 נִבְלַת בהמה טמאה the carcass of an unclean animal; a. fr.—Esp. (ritual) an animal not slaughtered according to the ritual rules (v. דְּרָסָה, הַגְרָמָה &c.). Ḥull. II, 4 כל שנפסלה בשחיטתה נ׳ whatever has become unfit through faulty slaughtering, is called n’belah, contrad. to טְרֵפָה. Ab. Zar. 67ᵇ sq. כל הראויה לגר קרויה נ׳ וכ׳ that which is fit for the stranger (Deut. XIV, 21) is called n’belah (the eating of which is a punishable offence), whatever is unfit for the stranger (putrefied &c.) is no longer called n’belah. Ker. 21ᵃ נְבֵילָתוֹ מנלן whence do we derive the prohibition to eat it when unlawfully slaughtered? Y. Shebi. IV, 35ᵃ bot. (in Chald. dict.) בשר דנ׳ forbidden meat; Ḥull. 95ᵃ בְּשַׂר נ׳, opp. בשר שחוטה. Ib. מותרות משום נ׳ they are permitted as far as n’belah is concerned, i.e. they do not make unclean (Lev. XI, 39); a. v. fr.—Pl. נְבֵלוֹת, נְבֵילוֹת. Ib.; Shek. VII, 3 איברים נ׳ if found cut in limbs, they are forbidden, opp. מותרות. Eduy. VIII, 1. Ib. V, 1; a. fr.