תָּחַל, Hif. הִתְחִיל (denom. of תְּחִלָּה) to begin. Sabb. I, 2 ואם הִתְחִילוּ וכ׳ but if they have commenced (doing so), they need not discontinue. Gen. R. s. 85 כל מי שהוא מַתְחִיל במצוה וכ׳ he that begins a good deed and does not finish it &c.; Deut. R. s. 8. Ib. משה ה׳ וכ׳ Moses began a good deed when he took Joseph’s bones with him. Gen. R. s. 26 ה׳ הקב"ה לברכך the Lord has begun to bless thee (by giving thee a daughter); a. v. fr.