Original: חָלַל

Transliteration: châlal

Phonetic: khaw-lal'

Short Definition: Begin

Original: חלל

Transliteration: châlal

Phonetic: khaw-lal'

BDB Definition:

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

Origin: a primitive root [compare H2470]

TWOT entry: 660,661

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H2455, H2486, H2491, H8462