Template:02490

02490 חָלַל‎ chalal [khaw-lal’] a primitive root chet +double Lamed; see 02491 חָלַל‎ chalal slay; [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

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