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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

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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 Young's Literal Translation.

  1. Genesis 4:26

    And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah.

    הוּחַ֔ל hu.Chal “it was begun”

  2. Genesis 6:1

    And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,

    הֵחֵ֣ל he.Chel “<it> began”

  3. Genesis 9:20

    And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard,

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

  4. Genesis 10:8

    And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;

    הֵחֵ֔ל he.Chel “he began”

  5. Genesis 11:6

    and Jehovah saith, `Lo, the people `is' one, and one pronunciation `is' to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.

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

  6. Genesis 41:54

    and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;

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

  7. Genesis 44:12

    and he searcheth -- at the eldest he hath begun, and at the youngest he hath completed -- and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;

    הֵחֵ֔ל he.Chel “he began”

  8. Numbers 16:46

    and Moses saith unto Aaron, `Take the censer, and put on it fire from off the altar, and place perfume, and go, hasten unto the company, and make atonement for them, for the wrath hath gone out from the presence of Jehovah -- the plague hath begun.'

    הֵחֵ֥ל he.Chel “it has begun”

  9. Numbers 16:47

    And Aaron taketh as Moses hath spoken, and runneth unto the midst of the assembly, and lo, the plague hath begun among the people; and he giveth the perfume, and maketh atonement for the people,

    הֵחֵ֥ל he.Chel “it had begun”

  10. Numbers 25:1

    And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,

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

  11. Deuteronomy 2:24

    `Rise ye, journey and pass over the brook Arnon; see, I have given into thy hand Sihon king of Heshbon, the Amorite, and his land; begin to possess, and stir up thyself against him `in' battle.

    הָחֵ֣ל ha.Chel “begin”

  12. Deuteronomy 2:25

    This day I begin to put thy dread and thy fear on the face of the peoples under the whole heavens, who hear thy fame, and have trembled and been pained because of thee.

    אָחֵל֙ 'a.Chel “I will begin”

  13. Deuteronomy 2:31

    `And Jehovah saith unto me, See, I have begun to give before thee Sihon and his land; begin to possess -- to possess his land.

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

  14. Deuteronomy 3:24

    Lord Jehovah, Thou -- Thou hast begun to shew Thy servant Thy greatness, and Thy strong hand; for who `is' a God in the heavens or in earth who doth according to Thy works, and according to Thy might?

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

  15. Deuteronomy 16:9

    `Seven weeks thou dost number to thee; from the beginning of the sickle among the standing corn thou dost begin to number seven weeks,

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

  16. Joshua 3:7

    And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `This day I begin to make thee great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they know that as I was with Moses I am with thee;

    אָחֵל֙ 'a.Chel “I will begin”

  17. Judges 10:18

    And the people -- heads of Gilead -- say one unto another, `Who `is' the man that doth begin to fight against the Bene-Ammon? he is for head to all inhabitants of Gilead.'

    יָחֵ֔ל ya.Chel “he will begin”

  18. Judges 13:5

    for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth 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 Jehovah beginneth to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

    וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ (תָּ֙חֶל֙) Ta.chel “it began”

  20. Judges 16:19

    and she maketh him sleep on her knees, and calleth for a man, and shaveth the seven locks of his head, and beginneth to afflict him, and his power turneth aside from off him;

    וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ (תָּ֙חֶל֙) Ta.chel “she began”

  21. Judges 16:22

    And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,

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

  22. Judges 20:31

    And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to smite `some' of the people -- wounded as time by time, in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), `are' about thirty men of Israel.

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

  23. Judges 20:39

    And the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin hath begun to smite the wounded among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, `Surely they are utterly smitten before us, as `at' the first battle;

    הֵחֵל֩ he.Chel “it began”

  24. Judges 20:40

    and the volume hath begun to go up from the city -- a pillar of smoke -- and Benjamin turneth behind, and lo, gone up hath the perfection of the city toward the heavens.

    הֵחֵ֛לָּה he.Che.lah “it began”

  25. 1 Samuel 3:2

    And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim -- he is not able to see.

    הֵחֵ֣לּוּ he.Che.lu “they began”