עֵגֶל, (b. h.) calf. Sabb. V, 4. Tosef. Bekh. VI, 13; Kidd. 8ᵃ (Ar. עִגּוּל). Pes. 112ᵃ, v. יָנַק; a. fr.—Esp. הע׳ the golden calf which the Israelites made in the desert. Tosef. Sabb. I, 17 אותו … שעשוי בו הע׳ that day was as ominous to Israel as the day whereon they made the golden calf; Sabb. 17ᵃ. Sot. 14ᵃ שכיפר על מעשה הע׳ he made atonement for the sin of the golden calf; a. v. fr.—[Tosef. Neg. VI, 3 בית הע׳ Var., v. עִיגּוּל.]—Pl. עֲגָלִים. Snh. 63ᵇ; a. fr.—[Ab. d’R. N. ch. VI, end מביאין הע׳, read: העִגּוּלִים, v. עִיגּוּל.]—Fem. עֶגְלָה heifer. Sot. VII, 2 פרשת ע׳ ערופה the verses to be read at the ceremony of breaking the heifer’s neck (Deut. XXI, 7 sq.). Ib. IX, 7 (47ᵇ) אם נערפה הע׳ וכ׳ if the murderer was found after the heifer’s neck was broken. Gen. R. s. 44 הראה לו … ע׳ ערופה the Lord showed Abraham the ceremony of &c. Sot. 45ᵃ מדידת ע׳ the measuring which is done for the ceremony of &c. (to ascertain the nearest town). Par. I, 1 ע׳ בת שנתה וכ׳ heifer (mentioned in the Law) means one not yet one year old, and cow means one two years old; a. fr.