Hebrew More information Root ...Rootב־ט־ל (b-ṭ-l)10 termsClose Alternative forms הבטלה Pronunciation Audio:(file) Noun אַבְטָלָה • (avtalá) f [pattern: אַקְטָלָה] idleness, waste. unemployment. See also בָּטַל (batál, “(literary) to lie idle”) References Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's SonsWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.