Strong's H2490 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חָלַל (châlal)

Pronunciation: khaw-lal'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root (compare חָלָה (châlâh) H2470); also denominative (from חָלִיל (châlîyl) H2485)

Definition: properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

KJV Renderings: begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound

Senses

1. to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
   1. (Niphal)
      1. to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself
         1. ritually
         2. sexually
      2. to be polluted, be defiled
   2. (Piel)
      1. to profane, make common, defile, pollute
      2. to violate the honour of, dishonour
      3. to violate (a covenant)
      4. to treat as common
   3. (Pual) to profane (name of God)
   4. (Hiphil)
      1. to let be profaned
      2. to begin
   5. (Hophal) to be begun
2. to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore
   1. (Qal) to pierce
   2. (Pual) to be slain
   3. (Poel) to wound, pierce
   4. (Poal) to be wounded
3. (Piel) to play the flute or pipe

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