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חיל #4‏ n.m. #4 rampart

rampart (of the Temple fortifications) LJLA. PJ Num19:9 : ויפלג ית קיטמא לתלת חולקין חדא יהיב בחייל וחדא בטוור מישחא וחדא מפלג לכל מטרת ליואי‏ he should divide the ashes into three parts: one is placed in the rampart, one on the oil mountain, and one he divides to all the Levitical watches [see Sifrei Bamidbar 124:1; Mishnah Parah 3:11 and Rashi ad loc.] †.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 455; Levy Ch-W: 1:254;

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