Strong H2490H2490Iחָלַל

to profane/begin: fruit

One of the 5 senses of Strong H2490

Transliteration
châlal
Pronunciation
khaw-lal'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

: fruit
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 be profaned (of name of God)
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to let be profaned
1d2) to begin
1e) (Hophal) to be begun

General definition

A primitive root (compare H2470); properly to {bore} that {is} (by implication) to {wound} to dissolve; figuratively to profane (a {person} place or {thing}) to break (one´ s {word}) to begin (as if by an opening-wedge); denominatively (from H2485) to play (the flute): - begin (X men {began}) {defile} X {break} {defile} X eat (as common {things}) X {first} X gather the grape {thereof} X take {inheritance} {pipe} player on {instruments} {pollute} (cast as) profane ({self}) {prostitute} slay ({slain}) {sorrow} {stain} wound.

In the Bible

Strong H2490I appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • eat1
  • gather1
  • thing1

First verses

  1. Deuteronomy 20:6
    And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
  2. Deuteronomy 28:30
    Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
  3. Jeremiah 31:5
    Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
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