H2490C–חָלַל–cha.lal

In that day I will do to Eli everything which I have said about his family, from first to last.

הָחֵ֖ל ha.Chel “beginning”

And Saul put up an altar to the Lord: this was the first altar which he put up to the Lord.

הֵחֵ֔ל he.Chel “he began”

Is this the first time I have got directions from God for him? Far be the thought! let the king make no such statement against his servant or my father's family, for your servant has no knowledge, great or small, of this thing.

הַחִלֹּ֛תִי ha.chi.Lo.ti “did I begin?”

In those days the Lord was angry first with Israel; and Hazael made attacks on all the land of Israel,

הֵחֵ֣ל he.Chel “he began”

In those days the Lord first sent against Judah, Rezin, the king of Aram, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah.

הֵחֵ֣ל he.Chel “he began”

And Cush was the father of Nimrod: he was the first to be a great man in the earth.

הֵחֵ֔ל he.Chel “he began”

The numbering was started by Joab, the son of Zeruiah, but he did not go on to the end; and because of it, wrath came on Israel and the number was not recorded in the history of King David.

הֵחֵ֤ל he.Chel “he began”

Then Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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

The building was started in the second month in the fourth year of his rule.

וַ֠יָּחֶל (יָּחֶל) i.ya.chel “he began”

And at the first notes of song and praise the Lord sent a surprise attack against the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were overcome.

הֵחֵ֨לּוּ he.Che.lu “[when] they began”

On the first day of the first month the work of making the house holy was started, and on the eighth day they came to the covered way of the Lord; in eight days they made the Lord's house holy, and on the sixteenth day of the first month the work was don

וַ֠יָּחֵלּוּ (יָּחֵלּוּ) i.ya.che.lu “they began”

And Hezekiah gave the word for the burned offering to be offered on the altar. And when the burned offering was started, then the song of the Lord was started, with the blowing of horns and with all the instruments of David, king of Israel.

הֵחֵ֣ל he.Chel “[when] it began”הֵחֵ֤ל he.Chel “it began”

The first store of things was put down in the third month, and in the seventh month the masses were complete.

הֵחֵ֥לּוּ he.Che.lu “they began”

And Azariah, the chief priest, of the family of Zadok, said in answer, From the time when the people first came with their offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had food enough, and more than enough: for the blessing of the Lord is on his people;

מֵהָחֵ֨ל (הָחֵ֨ל) ha.Chel “when began”

And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.

הֵחֵ֣ל׀ he.Chel “he began”

In the eighth year of his rule, while he was still young, his heart was first turned to the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he undertook the clearing away of all the high places and the pillars and the images of wood and metal from Judah

הֵחֵ֕ל he.Chel “he began”הֵחֵל֙ he.Chel “he began”

From the first day of the seventh month they made a start with the burned offerings, but the base of the Temple of the Lord had still not been put in its place.

הֵחֵ֕לּוּ he.Che.lu “they began”

Now in the second year of their coming into the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, the work was taken in hand by Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, an

הֵחֵ֡לּוּ he.Che.lu “they began”

But when it came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites, that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the broken places were being made good, they were full of wrath;

הֵחֵ֥לּוּ he.Che.lu “they had begun”

And Haman gave his wife Zeresh and all his friends an account of what had taken place. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If Mordecai, who is starting to get the better of you, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not be able to do anythi

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

And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;

הֵחֵ֖לּוּ he.Che.lu “they had begun”

For see, I am starting to send evil on the town which is named by my name, and are you to be without any punishment? You will not be without punishment: for I will send a sword on all people living on the earth, says the Lord of armies.

מֵחֵ֣ל me.Chel “[am] beginning”

Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.

תָּחֵ֑לּוּ ta.Che.lu “you will begin”וַיָּחֵ֙לּוּ֙ (יָּחֵ֙לּוּ֙) i.ya.Che.lu “they began”

But though they give money to the nations for help, still I will send them in all directions; and in a short time they will be without a king and rulers.

וַיָּחֵ֣לּוּ (יָּחֵ֣לּוּ) i.ya.Che.lu “they have begun”

And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.

וַיָּ֤חֶל (יָּ֤חֶל) i.Ya.chel “he began”