נְהַל, (Syr. נחל, P. Sm. 2336; cmp. נְהֵי I) to shake, sift (cmp. Am. IX, 9). Bets. 29ᵇ דביתהו … נַהֲלָא וכ׳ the wife of R. J. sifted flour (on the Holy Day) on the back of &c., v. מְהוּלְתָּא I; a. e.—Part. pass. נְהִיל, נְהִילָא. Ḥull. 51ᵇ. קטמא נ׳ sifted ashes (which bake and harden when piled up). Ber. 6ᵃ. Taan. 9ᵇ (עיבא) נ׳ ‘a sifted cloud’, a form of light and scattered clouds.