| Eastern Syriac : | ܡܚܲܠܚܸܠ |
| Western Syriac : | ܡܚܰܠܚܶܠ |
| Root : | ܚܠ |
| Eastern phonetic : | (m) ' ḥal ḥil |
| Category : | verb |
| [Humanities → Geography → Rivers] | |
| English : | 1) flood ... : to wash away ; 2) wall ... : to be about to fall ; 3) to eat away ; |
| French : | 1) inondation, eaux ... : emporter , enlever / faire partir ; 2) mur ... : être sur le point de tomber / s'effondrer ; 3) saper , ronger , entamer , éroder , corroder ; |
| Dialect : | Eastern Syriac |
| Hebrew : | ḥalḥal חלחל «to seep, permeate, percolate; » |
Cf. ܚܠ, ܡܚܲܠܚܲܠܬܵܐ, ܚܠܝܼܠܵܐ, ܡܚܲܠܚܠܵܐ
Reflexive להתחלחל is to shudder (as a wall or Queen Esther in the eponymous book)
Source : Maclean