H2490Hebrewhēḥēl

חָלַל

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.

143
Total Occurrences
28
Books
143
Old Testament
0
New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
  • 2(niphal)
  • 3(qal) to pierce
  • 4(pual) to be slain
  • 5(poel) to wound, pierce
  • 6(piel)
  • 7to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore
  • 8(poal) to be wounded
  • 9(piel) to play the flute or pipe
  • 10(pual) to profane (name of god)
  • 11(hiphil)
  • 12(hophal) to be begun

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root (compare H2470 (חָלָה)); also denominative (from H2485 (חָלִיל))

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: châlal; Pronunciation: khaw-lal'