02490
02490 חָלַל chalal [khaw-lal’] a primitive root chet +double Lamed; see 02491 חָלַל chalal slay, see degenerate; [compare 02470חָלָה chalah to become weak or sick]; v; [BDB-319a, BDB-320a] [{See TWOT on 660 }] [{See TWOT on 661 }] AV-begin 52, profane 36, pollute 23, defile 9, break 4, wounded 3, eat 2, slay 2, first 1, gather grapes 1, inheritance 1, began men 1, piped 1, players 1, prostitute 1, sorrow 1, stain 1, eat as common things 1; 141
- 1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
- 1a) (Niphal)
- 1a1) to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself
- 1a1a) ritually
- 1a1b) sexually
- 1a2) to be polluted, be defiled
- 1a1a) ritually
- 1b) (Piel)
- 1b1) to profane, make common, defile, pollute
- 1b2) to violate the honour of, dishonour
- 1b3) to violate (a covenant)
- 1b4) to treat as common
- 1c) (Pual) to profane (name of God)
- 1d) (Hiphil)
- 1d1) to let be profaned
- 1d2) to begin
- 1e) (Hophal) to be begun
- 2) to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore
- 2a) (Qal) to pierce
- 2b) (Pual) to be slain
- 2c) (Poel) to wound, pierce
- 2d) (Poal) to be wounded
- 3) (Piel) to play the flute or pipe