number - 2490
orig_word - חָלַל
word_orig - a primitive root [compare (02470)]
translit - chalal
tdnt - TWOT - 660,661
phonetic - khaw-lal'
part_of_speech - Verb
st_def - a primitive root (compare «02470»); 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 by an "opening wedge"); denom. (from «02485») to play (the flute):--begin (X men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
IPD_def -

1. to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
   1. (Niphal)
      1. to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself 1a
   2. ritually 1a
   3. sexually
      1. to be polluted, be defiled
   4. (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
   5. (Pual) to profane (name of God)
   6. (Hiphil)
      1. to let be profaned
      2. to begin
   7. (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

English - to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate
letter - k
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usages - begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound

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