{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2490",
  "lemma": "חָלַל",
  "transliteration": "châlal",
  "definition": "properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if…",
  "kjv": "begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common…",
  "occurrences": 143,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2485",
      "lemma": "חָלִיל",
      "transliteration": "châlîyl",
      "meaning": "a flute",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2485"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[חָלַל] vb. pollute, defile, profane",
    "Niph.",
    "1. reflex. pollute, defile oneself",
    "2. Pass., be polluted, defiled",
    "Pi.",
    "1. defile, pollute",
    "2. violate the honour of, dishonour",
    "3. violate a covenant",
    "4. treat a vineyard as common",
    "Pu. my great name which is profaned among the nations",
    "Hiph.",
    "a. I will not let my holy name be profaned any more.",
    "b. he shall not violate his word",
    "2. begin",
    "Hoph. then it was begun (= men began) to call on the name of י׳",
    "חלל vb. denom",
    "[חלל] vb. denom. play the pipe, pipe",
    "Qal as well the singers as the pipe-players",
    "Polel dancers",
    "Pi. and the people piped with pipes",
    "חָלַל vb",
    "חָלַל vb. bore, pierce",
    "Qal my heart is pierced (wounded) within me",
    "Pi. in the hand of the ones wounding thee",
    "Pu. pierced by the sword",
    "Po‛el his hand pierced the fleeing serpent",
    "Po‛al pierced, wounded because of our transgressions"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:26",
      "text": "A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the LORD’s name.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 6:1",
      "text": "When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 9:20",
      "text": "Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 10:8",
      "text": "Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 11:6",
      "text": "The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 41:54",
      "text": "The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/41?v=54"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 44:12",
      "text": "He searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:4",
      "text": "Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 20:25",
      "text": "If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/20?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 31:14",
      "text": "You shall keep the Sabbath therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/31?v=14"
    }
  ],
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