תְּחַל, Af. אַתְחֵיל, אַתְחֵל ch. same. Targ. Job I, 13.—B. Bath. 14ᵇ אַתְחוּלֵי … לא מַתְחִילִינָן with evil we do not begin, i.e. in arranging Biblical books we do not place first a book containing evil prophecies. Ber. 21ᵇ דלא א׳ בה he had not begun to say his prayers. Pes. 105ᵃ אתחולי לא מַתְחֲלִינָן we must not begin a meal, opp. פסק; a. v. fr.