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ḥālal חָלַלAto bore, Bto play flute, Cto profane/begin’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root, compare ḥālā חָלָה ‘be weak / to beg’
Variants: חָלַל, חָלַל

ḥālal v
A1) to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore
 1a) (Qal) to pierce
 1b) (Pual) to be slain
 1c) (Poel) to wound, pierce
 1d) (Poal) to be wounded
B1) (Piel) to play the flute or pipe
C1) 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 be profaned (of name of God)
 1d) (Hiphil)
  1d1) to let be profaned
  1d2) to begin
 1e) (Hophal) to be begun

Mentioned in Genesis 49:4, 6:1, 9:20, 4:26, 11:6, 41:54, 44:12, 10:8 Exodus 20:25, 31:14 Codex Leviticus 21:9, 22:2, 20:3, 21:23, 19:8, 19:29, 18:21, 19:12, 21:6, 21:12, 21:15, 22:9, 22:32, 22:15, 21:4 Numbers 17:11, 17:12, 30:3, 25:1, 18:32 Deuteronomy 3:24, 20:6, 28:30, 2:31, 2:24, 2:25, 16:9 Joshua 3:7 Judges 20:31, 20:40, 10:18, 16:19, 20:39, 13:5, 16:22, 13:25 1 Samuel 22:15, 3:12, 14:35, 3:2 1 Kings 1:40 2 Kings 15:37, 10:32 Isaiah 56:2, 56:6, 48:11, 23:9, 51:9, 43:28, 53:5, 47:6 Jeremiah 34:16, 25:29, 16:18, 31:5 Ezekiel 20:24, 28:16, 20:13, 20:21, 28:9, 25:3, 20:39, 24:21, 36:22, 36:23, 20:16, 9:6, 28:18, 13:19, 20:9, 23:39, 36:20, 44:7, 22:16, 39:7, 7:21, 32:26, 20:14, 20:22, 36:21, 7:22, 7:24, 22:8, 23:38, 22:26, 28:7 Hosea 8:10 Amos 2:7 Jonah 3:4 Zephaniah 3:4 Malachi 2:10, 1:12, 2:11 Psalms 109:22, 89:32, 74:7, 89:40, 55:21, 89:35, 87:7 Job 26:13 Lamentations 2:2 Esther 6:13, 9:23 Daniel 11:31 Ezra 3:8, 3:6 Nehemiah 13:18, 13:17, 4:1 1 Chronicles 5:1, 11:20, 1:10, 27:24 2 Chronicles 3:1, 34:3, 29:17, 31:10, 31:21, 29:27, 20:22, 3:2, 31:7

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