Strong H2490C חָלַל châlal · to profane/begin: begin

Numbers

1. Numbers 16:46
   And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.
2. Numbers 16:47
   And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
3. Numbers 25:1
   And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.