חָלַלchâlal
חָלַל: bore, pierce
Pronunciation: khaw-lal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2490
Meanings
Qal: my heart is pierced, within me (Psalms 109:22; Psalms 77:11)
Pi`el: in the hand of the ones wounding thee (Ezekiel 28:9)
Pu`al: pierced by the sword (Ezekiel 32:26)
Po`el: his hand pierced the fleeing serpent, who pierced the dragon. (Job 26:13; Isaiah 51:9)
Po`al: pierced, wounded because of our transgressions (Isaiah 53:5)
חלל: play the pipe, pipe
Qal: as well the singers as the pipe-players (Psalms 87:7)
Polel: dancers.
Pi`el: and the people piped with pipes, âlalu (1 Kings 1:40)
חָלַל: pollute, defile, profane, begin
Niph`al
1. pollute, defile oneself
b. sexually (Leviticus 21:9)
2. be polluted, defiled (Ezekiel 7:24; Ezekiel 25:3; Ezekiel 20:9)
Pi`el: begin to be minished by reason of the burden, shall be in anguish a little for the burden (Leviticus 19:8; Deuteronomy 20:6; Genesis 49:4)
1. defile, pollute
b. profane (Exodus 20:25; Leviticus 21:12; Leviticus 21:23)
d. defiles, profanes (Isaiah 47:6; Isaiah 43:28)
2. violate the honour of, dishonour (Psalms 89:40; Lamentations 2:2; Isaiah 23:9)
3. violate (Psalms 55:21; Psalms 89:35; Malachi 2:10)
4. treat a vineyard as common (Deuteronomy 20:6; Deuteronomy 28:30; Jeremiah 31:5)
Pu`al: is profaned (Ezekiel 36:23)
Hiph`il
1. I will not let my holy name be profaned any more. (Ezekiel 39:7)
b. he shall not violate his word (Numbers 30:3)
2. begin (Genesis 6:1; Judges 20:40; Deuteronomy 3:24)
Hoph`al: then it was begun, to call on the name of (Genesis 4:26)
Same root
- חָלָהchâlâh · H2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
- חָלִילchâlîyl · H2485a flute (as perforated)
- חֹלchôl · H2455properly, exposed; hence, profane
- חַלָּהchallâh · H2471a cake (as usually punctured)
- חָלִילָהchâlîylâh · H2486literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!
- חָלָלchâlâl · H2491pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
- מְחִלָּהmᵉchillâh · H4247a cavern (as if excavated)
- תְּחִלָּהtᵉchillâh · H8462a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly)
Where it appears
Appears 143 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:26 When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the Lord by name.
- Genesis 6:1 Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.
- Genesis 9:20 After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard.
- Genesis 10:8 Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.
- Genesis 11:6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!
- Genesis 41:54 Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. The famine also struck all the surrounding countries, but throughout Egypt there was plenty of food.
See every passage
- Genesis 4:26, 6:1, 9:20, 10:8, 11:6, 41:54, 44:12, 49:4
- Exodus 20:25, 31:14
- Leviticus 18:21, 19:8, 19:12, 19:29, 20:3, 21:4, 21:6, 21:9, 21:12, 21:15, 21:23, 22:2, 22:9, 22:15, 22:32
- Numbers 16:46, 16:47, 18:32, 25:1, 30:2
- Deuteronomy 2:24, 2:25, 2:31, 3:24, 16:9, 20:6, 28:30
- Joshua 3:7
- Judges 10:18, 13:5, 13:25, 16:19, 16:22, 20:31, 20:39, 20:40
- 1 Samuel 3:2, 3:12, 14:35, 22:15
- 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, 3:8
- Nehemiah 4:7, 13:17, 13:18
- Esther 6:13, 9:23
- Job 26:13
- Psalms 55:20, 74:7, 87:7, 89:31, 89:34, 89:39, 109:22
- Proverbs 26:10
- Isaiah 23:9, 43:28, 47:6, 48:11, 51:9, 53:5, 56:2, 56:6
- Jeremiah 16:18, 25:29, 31:5, 34:16
- Lamentations 2:2
- Ezekiel 7:21, 7:22, 7:24, 9:6, 13:19, 20:9, 20:13, 20:14, 20:16, 20:21, 20:22, 20:24, 20:39, 22:8, 22:16, 22:26, 23:38, 23:39, 24:21, 25:3, 28:7, 28:9, 28:16, 28:18, 32:26, 36:20, 36:21, 36:22, 36:23, 39:7, 44:7
- Daniel 11:31
- Hosea 8:10
- Amos 2:7
- Jonah 3:4
- Zephaniah 3:4
- Malachi 1:12, 2:10, 2:11
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