רָחֵל II, (b. h.) ewe, sheep. Bekh. III, 1 ר׳ בת שתים וכ׳ if an ewe gives birth in her second year of age, the issue belongs to the priest with certainty. Ib. 20ᵃ. Tosef. Ḥull. X, 1 כלאיים מן הר׳ וכ׳ a hybrid of an ewe and a kid is subject to the law concerning the first of the fleece (Deut. XVIII, 4); a. fr.—Pl. רְחֵלוֹת, רְחֵלִים, רְחֵלִין, רְחֵי׳. Ib. 4 השוטף רְחֵלָיו if one washes his lambs (and wool comes out). Ib.; Ḥull. XI, 2 חמש ר׳ גוזזות וכ׳ five lambs yielding wool of the weight of &c. Ib. 137ᵇ דקא מתני ליה לבריה רחלים taught his son (the Mishnah l. c.) using r’ḥelim (according to Biblical usage); א"ל אתנייה רחלות said he to him, teach him r’ḥeloth (in accordance with later usage). Bekh. V, 3 זכר של ר׳, v. זָכָר. Sabb. V, 2; 4; a. fr.