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Lexicon :: Strong's H2490 - ḥālal

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חָלַל
Transliteration
ḥālal
Pronunciation
khaw-lal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָלָה (H2470)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 660,661

Strong’s Definitions

חָלַל châlal, khaw-lal'; a primitive root (compare H2470); also denominative (from H2485) 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'); to play (the flute):—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.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x

The KJV translates Strong's H2490 in the following manner: begin (52x), profane (36x), pollute (23x), defile (9x), break (4x), wounded (3x), eat (2x), slay (2x), first (1x), gather grapes (1x), inheritance (1x), began men (1x), piped (1x), players (1x), prostitute (1x), sorrow (1x), stain (1x), eat as common things (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x
The KJV translates Strong's H2490 in the following manner: begin (52x), profane (36x), pollute (23x), defile (9x), break (4x), wounded (3x), eat (2x), slay (2x), first (1x), gather grapes (1x), inheritance (1x), began men (1x), piped (1x), players (1x), prostitute (1x), sorrow (1x), stain (1x), eat as common things (1x).
  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלַל châlal, khaw-lal'; a primitive root (compare H2470); also denominative (from H2485) 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'); to play (the flute):—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.
STRONGS H2490: Abbreviations
† I. חָלַל verb bore, pierce (Arabic خَلَّ perforate, pierce through, transfix, Ethiopic ሐለት፡ (hollow) read; Aramaic חֲלַל hollow out, חֲלִילָא pipe; Hylo adjective hollow, Hlxo cave, aXtleo sheath, etc.; Late Hebrew in derivatives חָלָל noun hollow, adjective slain, חָלִיל pipe); —
Qal Perfect לִבִּי חָלַל בְּקִרְבִּי my heart is pierced (wounded) within me Psalm 109:22 (? literally one has pierced my heart; or read Pu. חֻלַּל ?); Infinitive construct חַלּוֺתִי הִיא Psalm 77:11 it is my piercing, my wound (my woe, my cross; so Ew Hi De Bae MV SS Köi. 341, but Hup Pe Bi Che read חֲלוֺתִי my sickness).
Pi. Participle plural (Baer) בְּיַד מְחַללֶי֑ךָ Ezekiel 28:9 in the hand of the ones wounding thee (Sm Co read מְחוֺלְלֶ֑ךָ).
Pu. Participle מְחֻלֲלֵי חֶרֶב pierced by the sword Ezekiel 32:26.
Po`el Perfect 3rd person feminine singular חֹלֲלָה יָדוֺ נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ Job 26:13 his hand pierced the fleeing serpent; Participle feminine מְחוֺלֶלֶת תַּנִּין Isaiah 51:9 who pierced the dragon.
Po`al Participle מִפְּשָׁעֵינוּ מֲחֹלָל Isaiah 53:5 pierced, wounded because of our transgressions (of the servant of י׳, || מְדֻכָּא מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵינוּ).

† II. [חלל] verb denominative play the pipe, pipe
Qal Participle plural וְשָׁרִים כְּחֹלֲלִים Psalm 87:7 as well the singers as the pipe-players, compare AV; < RV Pe De Che Bae and others
Polel Participle from 1. חוּל dancers.
Pi. Participle וְהָעָם מְחַלְּלִים בַּחֲלִלִים 1 Kings 1:40 and the people piped with pipes (compare Assyrian ḫâlalu, according to Dl in ZimBP 117).

† III. [חָלַל] verb pollute, defile, profane;
Hiph. also begin (literally untie, loosen, open, see Arabic) (Arabic حَلَّ untie, undo, become free, lawful, free from obligation or tie; IV. make lawful; x. esteem lawful or free, profane, desecrate, violate; Late Hebrew חלל be profane, desecrated (also Pi. Hiph. transitive), compare Aramaic חֲלַל Lelfo Pa. is purify, LeoAf  Aph. is profane) —
Niph. Perfect נִחָ֑ל Ezekiel 25:3, נִחַלְתְּ (־תִּי Co) Ezekiel 22:16, נִחֲלוּ Ezekiel 7:24; Imperfect יֵחָ֑ל Isaiah 48:11, תֵּחֵל Leviticus 21:9, וָאֵחַל Ezekiel 22:26; Infinitive הֵחֵל Ezekiel 20:9, 14, 22, suffix לְהֵחַלּוֺ Leviticus 21:4. —
1. reflex. pollute, defile oneself
a. ritually, by contact with dead || טמא, Leviticus 21:4 (H).
b. sexually || זנה Leviticus 21:9 (H).
2. Passive, be polluted, defiled, of holy places Ezekiel 7:24; Ezekiel 25:3, name of God Ezekiel 20:9, 14, 22; Isaiah 48:11 and even God himself Ezekiel 22:16, 26.
Pi. Perfect חִלֵּל Leviticus 19:8 + 3 times; suffix חִלִּלוֺ Deuteronomy 20:6; 2nd person masculine singular חִלַּלְתָּ Genesis 49:4 + 3 times; 2nd person feminine singular חִלָּ֑֔לְתְּ Ezekiel 22:8; 3rd person plural suffix חִלְּלוּהֻ֯ Ezekiel 7:21 etc., + 16 times Perfect; Imperfect יְחַלֵּל Leviticus 21:12, 15, 23; suffix יְחַלְּלֶנּוּ Deuteronomy 20:6; plural יְחַלְּלוּ Leviticus 21:6 + 4 times, יְחַלֵּ֑לוּ Psalm 89:32 etc., + 13 times Imperfect; Infinitive חַלֵּל Amos 2:7 + 4 times; חַלְּלוֺ Ezekiel 23:39 + 4 times; חַלְּלָם Jeremiah 16:18; Participle מְחַלֵּל Ezekiel 24:21 plural מְחַלְּלִים Malachi 1:12; Nehemiah 13:17; suffix מְחַלֲלֶיהָ Exodus 31:14; feminine מְחַלֶּלֶת Leviticus 21:9; —
1. defile, pollute:
a. sexually, Genesis 49:4 (poem) = 1 Chronicles 5:1 (the father's bed); a woman = זנה Leviticus 19:29; Leviticus 21:9 (H); זַרְעוֺ Leviticus 21:15 (H).
b. ceremonially, profane, the altar by a tool Exodus 20:25 (JE); sacred places Leviticus 21:12, 23 (H), Ezekiel 7:21, 22 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 23:39; Ezekiel 24:21; Ezekiel 44:7; Zephaniah 3:4; Malachi 2:11; Psalm 74:7; Daniel 11:31; the holy land Jeremiah 16:18; sacred things Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 22:9, 15 (H) Numbers 18:32 (P) Ezekiel 22:26; the sabbath Exodus 31:14 (P), Isaiah 56:2, 6; Ezekiel 20:13, 16, 21, 24; Ezekiel 22:8; Ezekiel 23:38; Nehemiah 13:17, 18; and so the sanctity of the prince of Tyre who made himself God, and his holy places, Ezekiel 28:7, 16, 18.
d. י׳ defiles or profanes his inheritance by giving it over to Babylon Isaiah 47:6; the princes of the sanctuary by giving them to Chaldeans Isaiah 43:28.
2. violate the honour of, dishonour, י׳ subject crown of Davidic kingdom Psalm 89:40 (followed by לארץ pregnantly), kingdom of Judah Lamentations 2:2; the גאון בל צבי Isaiah 23:9.
3. violate a covenant Psalm 55:21; Psalm 89:35; Malachi 2:10, the חקות of God Psalm 89:32.
4. treat a vineyard as common (see חֹל) by beginning to use its fruit Deuteronomy 20:6 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 28:30; Jeremiah 31:5 (see the law Leviticus 19:23-25, H).
Pu. Participle בַּגּוֺיִם שְׁמִי הַגָּדוֺל הַמְֿחֻלָּל Ezekiel 36:23 my great name which is profaned among the nations.
Hiph.
1. a. Imperfect אֶתשֶֿׁםקָֿדְשִׁי עוֺד לֹא אַחֵל Ezekiel 39:7 I will not let my holy name be profaned any more.
b. לֹא יַחֵל דְּבָרוֺ he shall not violate his word Numbers 30:3 (P).
2. begin, Perfect הֵחֵל Genesis 6:1 + 15 times, הֵ֫חֵלָּה Judges 20:40, הַחִלּוֺתָ Deuteronomy 3:24; Esther 6:13, הַחִלֹּתִי Deuteronomy 2:31; 1 Samuel 22:15, הֵחֵ֫לּוּ Ezra 3:6 + 6 times; Imperfect יָחֵל Judges 10:18; Judges 13:5, וַיָּ֫חֶל Genesis 9:20 + 5 times, 3rd person feminine singular וַ֫תָּחֶל Judges 13:25; Judges 16:19, 2nd person masculine singular תָּחֵל Deuteronomy 16:9, אָחֵל Deuteronomy 2:25; Joshua 3:7, וַיָּחֵ֫לּוּ Judges 20:31 + 3 times, וַתְּחִלֶּינָה Genesis 41:54, תָּחֵ֫לּוּ Ezekiel 9:6; Imperative הָחֵל Deuteronomy 2:24, 31; Infinitive construct הָחֵל 1 Samuel 3:12 + 2 times; suffix הַחִלָּם Genesis 11:6; Participle מֵחַל Jeremiah 25:29; — begin, Numbers 17:11; Numbers 17:12 (P) Deuteronomy 16:9; 2 Chronicles 29:27 (twice in verse); so 2 Samuel 24:15 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr (Greek Version of the LXX inserts וְהַמַּגֵּפָה הֵחֵ֫לָּה בָּעָם before וַיָּ֫מָת); with Infinitive (ל) begin to Genesis 41:54 (E), Genesis 6:1; Genesis 10:8 = 1 Chronicles 1:10; Genesis 11:6; Numbers 25:1 (all J), Deuteronomy 2:25, 31; Deuteronomy 3:24; Deuteronomy 16:9; Joshua 3:7 (D), Judges 10:18; Judges 13:5, 25; Judges 16:19, 22; Judges 20:31, 39, 40; 1 Samuel 3:2; 1 Samuel 14:35; 1 Samuel 22:15; 2 Kings 10:32; 2 Kings 15:37; 1 Chronicles 27:24; 2 Chronicles 3:1, 2; 29:17; 31:7, 10, 21; 34:3 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:6; Nehemiah 4:1; Esther 6:13; Esther 9:23; Jeremiah 25:29; Jonah 3:4; with ו consecutive Genesis 9:20 (J), Ezra 3:8; with בְּ begin with Genesis 44:12 (J), Ezekiel 9:6; 2 Chronicles 20:22; so 2 Samuel 24:5, read וַיָּחֵ֫לּוּ for וַיַּחֲנוּ LXX of Lucian (Lag.) We Dr.; with מן begin from Ezekiel 9:6; הָחֵל רָשׁ begin! possess! Deuteronomy 2:24, 31; הָחֵל וְכַלֵּה beginning and ending 1 Samuel 3:12 (i.e. accomplishing my full purpose, see Dr).
Hoph. Perfect אָז הוּחַל לִקְראֹ בְּשֵׁם י׳ then it was begun (= men began) to call on the name of י׳ Genesis 4:26 (J).
Note.וַיָּחֵלּוּ מְעַט מִמַּשָּׂא Hosea 8:10 begin to be minished by reason of the burden RV Hi and others; Wü Now read וְיָחִלוּ (I. חול, חיל) — for omission of daghesh see also וְיָחֵלוּ of Babylonian Manuscript — shall be in anguish a little for the burden, so Ra AV; Ew וְיָחִלוּ that they may wait (?) a little; Greek Version of the LXX וחדלו מעט ממשׁח cease a little from anointing, so Che We, this probably best.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:26; 6:1; 6:1; 9:20; 9:20; 10:8; 11:6; 11:6; 41:54; 41:54; 44:12; 49:4; 49:4

Exodus

20:25; 31:14; 31:14

Leviticus

18:21; 19:8; 19:8; 19:12; 19:23; 19:24; 19:25; 19:29; 20:3; 21:4; 21:4; 21:6; 21:6; 21:9; 21:9; 21:9; 21:9; 21:12; 21:12; 21:15; 21:15; 21:23; 21:23; 22:2; 22:9; 22:15; 22:32

Numbers

17:11; 17:12; 18:32; 25:1; 30:3

Deuteronomy

2:24; 2:24; 2:25; 2:25; 2:31; 2:31; 2:31; 2:31; 3:24; 3:24; 16:9; 16:9; 16:9; 20:6; 20:6; 20:6; 28:30

Joshua

3:7; 3:7

Judges

10:18; 10:18; 13:5; 13:5; 13:25; 13:25; 16:19; 16:19; 16:22; 20:31; 20:31; 20:39; 20:40; 20:40

1 Samuel

3:2; 3:12; 3:12; 14:35; 22:15; 22:15

2 Samuel

24:5; 24:15

1 Kings

1:40

2 Kings

10:32; 15:37

1 Chronicles

1:10; 5:1; 27:24

2 Chronicles

3:1; 3:2; 20:22; 29:17; 29:27; 31:7; 31:10; 31:21; 34:3

Ezra

3:6; 3:6; 3:8

Nehemiah

4:1; 13:17; 13:17; 13:18

Esther

6:13; 6:13; 9:23

Job

26:13

Psalms

55:21; 74:7; 77:11; 87:7; 89:32; 89:32; 89:35; 89:40; 109:22

Isaiah

23:9; 43:28; 47:6; 48:11; 48:11; 51:9; 53:5; 56:2; 56:6

Jeremiah

16:18; 16:18; 25:29; 25:29; 31:5; 34:16

Lamentations

2:2

Ezekiel

7:21; 7:21; 7:22; 7:24; 7:24; 9:6; 9:6; 9:6; 13:19; 20:9; 20:9; 20:13; 20:14; 20:14; 20:16; 20:21; 20:22; 20:22; 20:24; 20:39; 22:8; 22:8; 22:16; 22:16; 22:26; 22:26; 22:26; 23:38; 23:39; 23:39; 24:21; 24:21; 25:3; 25:3; 28:7; 28:9; 28:16; 28:18; 32:26; 36:20; 36:21; 36:22; 36:23; 36:23; 39:7; 44:7

Daniel

11:31

Hosea

8:10

Amos

2:7; 2:7

Jonah

3:4

Zephaniah

3:4

Malachi

1:12; 1:12; 2:10; 2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2490 matches the Hebrew חָלַל (ḥālal),
which occurs 143 times in 132 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Eze 20:14–Mal 2:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:14 - “But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be defiled H2490 before the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had brought them out.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:16 - because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they also profaned H2490 My Sabbaths, because their heart continually followed their idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - “But the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to [fn]follow My ordinances which, if [fn]a person [fn]follows them, then he will live by them; they profaned H2490 My Sabbaths. So I [fn]resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to [fn]use up My anger against them in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:22 - “But I withdrew My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be defiled H2490 in the sight of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:24 - because they had not [fn]complied with My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and had profaned H2490 My Sabbaths, and their eyes were [fn]on the idols of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:39 -

“As for you, house of Israel,” this is what the Lord GOD says: “Go, serve, everyone of you his idols; [fn]but later you will certainly listen to Me, and My holy name you will no longer defile H2490 with your gifts and your idols.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:8 - “You have despised My holy things and profaned H2490 My Sabbaths.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:16 - “Then you will defile H2490 yourself in the sight of the nations, and you will know that I am the LORD.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - “Her priests have done violence to My Law and have profaned H2490 My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the [fn]common, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have closed their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am defiled H2490 among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:38 - “Again, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day, and have profaned H2490 My Sabbaths.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:39 - “For when they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary on the same day to profane H2490 it; and behold, this is what they did within My house.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am about to profane H2490 My sanctuary, the pride of your power, that which is precious in your eyes and the longing of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3 - and say to the sons of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord [fn]GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says: “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned H2490, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7 -

Therefore, behold, I am going to bring strangers against you,

The most ruthless of the nations.

And they will draw their swords

Against the beauty of your wisdom

And profane H2490 your splendor.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:9 -

‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”

In the presence of one who kills you,

Though you are a mortal and not God,

In the hands of those who wound H2490 you?

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:16 -

“By the abundance of your trade

[fn]You were internally filled with violence,

And you sinned;

Therefore I have cast H2490 you as H2490 profane H2490

From the mountain of God.

And I have destroyed you, you [fn]covering cherub,

From the midst of the stones of fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 -

“By the multitude of your wrongdoings,

In the unrighteousness of your trade

You profaned H2490 your sanctuaries.

Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you;

It has consumed you,

And I have turned you to ashes on the earth

In the eyes of all who see you.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:26 -

“Meshech, Tubal, and all their hordes are there; their graves [fn]surround them. All of them were killed H2490 by the sword uncircumcised, though they inflicted their terror on the land of the living.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:20 - “When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned H2490 My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they have left His land.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:21 - “But I had [fn]concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned H2490 among the nations where they went.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:22 -

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “It is not for your sake, house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned H2490 among the nations where you went.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:23 - “And I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned H2490 among the nations, which you have profaned H2490 among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD,” declares the Lord GOD, “when I show Myself holy among you in their sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:7 -

“And I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel; and I will not allow H2490 My holy name to H2490 be H2490 profaned H2490 anymore. But the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:7 - when you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane H2490 it, My house, when you offered My food, the fat, and the blood and they broke My covenantthis in addition to all your abominations.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:31 - “Forces from him will arise, desecrate H2490 the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination [fn]of desolation.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:10 -

Even though they [fn]pay for allies among the nations,

I will gather them up now;

And they will begin H2490 to diminish

Because of the burden of the king of officials.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 -

“These who [fn]trample the head of the helpless to the dust of the earth

Also divert the way of the humble;

And a man and his father [fn]resort to the same [fn]girl

So as to profane H2490 My holy name.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4 - Then Jonah began H2490 to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Forty more days, and Nineveh will be overthrown.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:4 -

Her prophets are insolent, treacherous men;

Her priests have profaned H2490 the sanctuary.

They have done violence to the Law.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:12 - “But you are profaning H2490 it by your saying, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 -

Do we not all have one Father? Is it not one God who has created us? Why do we deal treacherously, each against his brother so as to profane H2490 the covenant of our fathers?

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned H2490 the sanctuary of the LORD [fn]which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

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