Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H2490Cחָלַלcha.lal
to profane/begin: beginPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
הוּחַ֔ל hu.Chal “it was begun”
And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,
הֵחֵ֣ל he.Chel “<it> began”
In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.
וַיָּ֥חֶל (יָּ֥חֶל) i.Ya.chel “he began”
And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth.
הֵחֵ֔ל he.Chel “he began”
And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.
הַחִלָּ֣ם (הַחִלָּ֣) ha.chi.La “[is] beginning”
Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.
וַתְּחִלֶּ֜ינָה (תְּחִלֶּ֜ינָה) te.chi.Lei.nah “they began”
And he made a search, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was in Benjamin's bag.
הֵחֵ֔ל he.Chel “he began”
And Moses said to Aaron, Take your vessel and put in it fire from the altar, and sweet spices, and take it quickly into the meeting of the people, and make them free from sin: for wrath has gone out from the Lord, and the disease is starting.
הֵחֵ֥ל he.Chel “it has begun”
And at the words of Moses, Aaron took his vessel, and went running among the people; and even then the disease had made a start among them; and he put spices in his vessel to take away the sin of the people.
הֵחֵ֥ל he.Chel “it had begun”
Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:
וַיָּ֣חֶל (יָּ֣חֶל) i.Ya.chel “it began”
Get up now, and go on your journey, crossing over the valley of the Arnon: see, I have given into your hands Sihon, the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and all his land: go forward to make it yours, and make war on him,
הָחֵ֣ל ha.Chel “begin”
From now on I will put the fear of you in all peoples under heaven, who, hearing of you, will be shaking with fear and grief of heart because of you.
אָחֵל֙ 'a.Chel “I will begin”
And the Lord said to me, See, from now on I have given Sihon and his land into your hands: go forward now to take his land and make it yours.
הַֽחִלֹּ֙תִי֙ ha.chi.Lo.ti “I have begun”הָחֵ֣ל ha.Chel “begin”
O Lord God, you have now for the first time let your servant see your great power and the strength of your hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth able to do such great works and such acts of power?
הַֽחִלּ֙וֹתָ֙ ha.chi.Lo.ta “you have begun”
Let seven weeks be numbered from the first day when the grain is cut.
מֵהָחֵ֤ל (הָחֵ֤ל) ha.Chel “when begins”תָּחֵ֣ל ta.Chel “you will begin”
And the Lord said to Joshua, From now on I will give you glory in the eyes of all Israel, so that they may see that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
אָחֵל֙ 'a.Chel “I will begin”
And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.
יָחֵ֔ל ya.Chel “he will begin”
For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.
יָחֵ֛ל ya.Chel “he will begin”
And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ (תָּ֙חֶל֙) Ta.chel “it began”
And she made him go to sleep on her knees; and she sent for a man and had his seven twists of hair cut off; and while it was being done he became feeble and his strength went from him.
וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ (תָּ֙חֶל֙) Ta.chel “she began”
But the growth of his hair was starting again after it had been cut off.
וַיָּ֧חֶל (יָּ֧חֶל) i.Ya.chel “it began”
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the o
וַיָּחֵ֡לּוּ (יָּחֵ֡לּוּ) i.ya.Che.lu “they began”
The men of Israel were to make a turn about in the fight. And Benjamin had overcome and put to death about thirty of the men of Israel, and were saying, Certainly they are falling back before us as in the first fight.
הֵחֵל֩ he.Chel “it began”
Then the sign went up out of the town in the pillar of smoke, and the Benjamites, turning back, saw all the town going up in smoke to heaven.
הֵחֵ֛לָּה he.Che.lah “it began”
And at that time, when Eli was resting in his place, (now his eyes were becoming clouded so that he was not able to see,)
הֵחֵ֣לּוּ he.Che.lu “they began”