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Hebrew Lexicon
תְחַלֵּ֛ל
ṯə·ḥal·lêl
Strong's H2490
Definition
To profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself
1a1a) ritually
1a1b) sexually
1a2) to be polluted, be defiled
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to profane, make common, defile, pollute
1b2) to violate the honour of, dishonour
1b3) to violate (a covenant)
1b4) to treat as common
1c) (Pual) to profane (name of God)
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to let be profaned
1d2) to begin
1e) (Hophal) to be begun
2) to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore
2a) (Qal) to pierce
2b) (Pual) to be slain
2c) (Poel) to wound, pierce
2d) (Poal) to be wounded
3) (Piel) to play the flute or pipe
Occurrences in the OJB Interlinear (4 total)
Lev.18.21 · Lev.19.12 · Lev.19.29 · Lev.20.3