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H2490Cחָלַלcha.lal

to profane/begin: beginPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 7
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 3
  5. 7
  6. 1
  7. 8
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 4
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2
  13. 2
  14. 11
  15. 2
  16. 1
  17. 2
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. 1
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 2
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

JPS Tanakh 1917 is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.

Other meanings of H2490

  • H2490Aחָלַלcha.lalto boreH:VOccurrences: 7
  • H2490Bחָלַלcha.lalto play fluteH:VOccurrences: 2
  • H2490Hחָלַלcha.lalto profane/begin: profaneH:VOccurrences: 75
  • H2490Iחָלַלcha.lalto profane/begin: fruitH:VOccurrences: 4

55 occurrences in 50 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 4:26

    And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh; then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

    הוּחַ֔ל hu.Chal “it was begun”

  2. Genesis 6:1

    And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

    הֵחֵ֣ל he.Chel “<it> began”

  3. Genesis 9:20

    And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.

    וַיָּ֥חֶל (יָּ֥חֶל) i.Ya.chel “he began”

  4. Genesis 10:8

    And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

    הֵחֵ֔ל he.Chel “he began”

  5. Genesis 11:6

    And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

    הַחִלָּ֣ם (הַחִלָּ֣) ha.chi.La “[is] beginning”

  6. Genesis 41:54

    And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

    וַתְּחִלֶּ֜ינָה (תְּחִלֶּ֜ינָה) te.chi.Lei.nah “they began”

  7. Genesis 44:12

    And he searched, beginning at the eldest, and leaving off at the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack.

    הֵחֵ֔ל he.Chel “he began”

  8. Numbers 17:11

    And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from the LORD: the plague is beg

    הֵחֵ֥ל he.Chel “it has begun”

  9. Numbers 17:12

    And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.

    הֵחֵ֥ל he.Chel “it had begun”

  10. Numbers 25:1

    And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.

    וַיָּ֣חֶל (יָּ֣חֶל) i.Ya.chel “it began”

  11. Deuteronomy 2:24

    Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of Arnon; behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

    הָחֵ֣ל ha.Chel “begin”

  12. Deuteronomy 2:25

    This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who, when they hear the report of thee, shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.'

    אָחֵל֙ 'a.Chel “I will begin”

  13. Deuteronomy 2:31

    And the LORD said unto me: 'Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before thee; begin to possess his land.'

    הַֽחִלֹּ֙תִי֙ ha.chi.Lo.ti “I have begun”הָחֵ֣ל ha.Chel “begin”

  14. Deuteronomy 3:24

    'O Lord GOD, Thou hast begun to show Thy servant Thy greatness, and Thy strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth, that can do according to Thy works, and according to Thy mighty acts?

    הַֽחִלּ֙וֹתָ֙ ha.chi.Lo.ta “you have begun”

  15. Deuteronomy 16:9

    Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee; from the time the sickle is first put to the standing corn shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.

    מֵהָחֵ֤ל (הָחֵ֤ל) ha.Chel “when begins”תָּחֵ֣ל ta.Chel “you will begin”

  16. Joshua 3:7

    And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

    אָחֵל֙ 'a.Chel “I will begin”

  17. Judges 10:18

    And the people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another: 'What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.'

    יָחֵ֔ל ya.Chel “he will begin”

  18. Judges 13:5

    For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.'

    יָחֵ֛ל ya.Chel “he will begin”

  19. Judges 13:25

    And the spirit of the LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

    וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ (תָּ֙חֶל֙) Ta.chel “it began”

  20. Judges 16:19

    And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and had the seven locks of his head shaven off; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

    וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ (תָּ֙חֶל֙) Ta.chel “she began”

  21. Judges 16:22

    Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

    וַיָּ֧חֶל (יָּ֧חֶל) i.Ya.chel “it began”

  22. Judges 20:31

    And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite and kill of the people, as at other times, in the field, in the highways, of which one goeth up to Beth-el, and the other to Gibeah, abou

    וַיָּחֵ֡לּוּ (יָּחֵ֡לּוּ) i.ya.Che.lu “they began”

  23. Judges 20:39

    And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said: 'Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.'

    הֵחֵל֩ he.Chel “it began”

  24. Judges 20:40

    But when the beacon began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.

    הֵחֵ֛לָּה he.Che.lah “it began”

  25. 1 Samuel 3:2

    And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place--now his eyes had begun to wax dim, that he could not see--

    הֵחֵ֣לּוּ he.Che.lu “they began”