חָלַל
châlal(khaw-lal')
“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)”
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Definition
Strong’s 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 by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Translated in KJV as
begin ([idiom] men began)defile[idiom] breakdefile[idiom] eat (as common things)[idiom] first[idiom] gather the grape thereof[idiom] take inheritancepipeplayer on instrumentspollute(cast as) profane (self)prostituteslay (slain)sorrowstainwound.
Etymology
a primitive root (compare H2470 (חָלָה)); also denominative (from H2485 (חָלִיל))
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