בַּ/תְּחִלָּ֖ה — Genesis 43:20 Hebrew Word Study

בַּ/תְּחִלָּ֖ה

𐤁/𐤕𐤇𐤋𐤄

batechilah

the first time

from חָלַל in the sense of opening; a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly); begin(-ning), first (time).

Genesis 43:20 · Word #6

Lexicon `H8462`

Lemma	תְּחִלָּה
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤕𐤇𐤋𐤄
Transliteration	tᵉchillâh
Strong's	H8462
In-context	the first time

Morphology `HRd/Ncfsa` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`f` — Feminine — Feminine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 `H8462-01`

in the opening-beginning

Root	חלל (ḥ-l-l)
Core Meanings	to pierce, open, begin, initiate; to profane (by treating as common)
Semantic Range	beginning, first stage, initial time, at first, formerly
Conceptual Significance	Highlights the initiating point of an action or era, marking the divinely ordered start of events and underscoring the importance of beginnings within biblical narrative and covenant history.
Morphological Notes	Preposition בְּ ("in/at") + definite article assimilated ("the") + noun תְּחִלָּה, common feminine singular absolute. Functions adverbially to denote time.
Rendering Rationale	The noun תְּחִלָּה derives from חלל in the sense of "opening" or "initiating." With the prefixed preposition בַּ ("in/at the") and the feminine singular noun in the absolute state, the phrase literally denotes "in the opening-beginning," preserving both the root idea of an opened start and the definite, singular form.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root חלל (to pierce, open, begin, initiate; to profane (by treating as common))

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H2490-01`	achalel	I will profane
`H2490-02`	achel	I will make a beginning
`H2491-01`	bachalal	a pierced man
`H2485-01`	bachalilim	perforated flutes
`H2474-01`	bachalon	in the perforated opening
`H2491-02`	bechalal	in the pierced one
`H2485-02`	bechalil	with the pierced flute
`H2474-02`	bechalon	at a perforated window
`H2474-03`	bechaloneynu	in our pierced-openings
`H8462-02`	bitechilat	in the opening-of
`H2491-04`	chalal	pierced one
`H2491-03`	chalal	pierced one
`H2491-05`	chalalayikhe	your pierced men
`H2491-06`	chalalayv	his pierced ones
`H2491-07`	chalaleyha	her pierced ones
`H2491-08`	chalaleykha	your pierced slain-men
`H2491-09`	chalaleynu	our pierced ones
`H2491-10`	chalalim	pierced men
`H2471-01`	chalat	perforated cake of
`H2490-03`	chalel	Profane!
`H2490-04`	chalelam	they have profaned them
`H2491-11`	chaleley	pierced-through ones of
`H2491-12`	chaleleyhem	their pierced-slain ones
`H2491-13`	chaleleykhem	your pierced ones
`H2486-01`	chalilah	A profanation!
`H2474-04`	chalon	window-opening of
`H2474-05`	chalonay	my perforated openings
`H2474-06`	chaloney	perforated openings of
`H2471-02`	chalot	pierced cakes
`H2490-05`	chilaleta	you have profaned
`H2490-06`	chilalete	you (feminine) have profaned
`H2490-07`	chilaletem	you men have profaned
`H2490-08`	chilaleti	I profaned
`H2490-09`	chilel	he has made it common
`H2490-10`	chilelo	he has profaned him
`H2490-11`	chilelu	they desecrated
`H2490-12`	chileluhu	they treated him as common
`H2490-13`	cholalah	she was profaned
`H2471-03`	hachalah	the pierced cake
`H2491-14`	hachalalim	the pierced ones
`H2474-07`	hachalon	the pierced-opening
`H2474-08`	hachalonim	the perforated openings
`H2474-09`	hachalonot	the perforated openings
`H2490-15`	hachel	Cause to begin, you (masculine singular)!
`H2490-16`	hachilam	they have made them profane
`H2490-17`	hachilota	you have caused to begin
`H2490-18`	hachiloti	I caused to begin
`H2344-04`	hachol	the profane-thing
`H2490-19`	hamechulal	the profaned one
`H5155-01`	hanechilot	the hollowed flutes
`H8462-03`	hatechilah	the first-opening
`H2491-15`	hechalal	the pierced one
`H2490-20`	hechel	he made a beginning
`H2490-21`	hechelah	she caused to begin (she opened the way)
`H2490-23`	hechelu	they caused to begin
`H2490-24`	huchal	it was caused to begin
`H2485-03`	kachalilim	like hollowed flutes
`H2491-16`	kechalal	like a pierced one
`H2490-25`	kecholelim	like flute-pipers
`H2474-10`	kehachalonot	like the perforated windows
`H8462-04`	kevatechilah	as in the beginning-opening
`H2491-17`	khechalal	like a pierced-one
`H2490-26`	lechalel	to desecrate
`H2490-27`	lechalelo	to profane him
`H2455-01`	lechol	to commonness
`H2490-28`	lehechalo	to profane him
`H2490-29`	mechalel	the one profaning
`H2490-30`	mechalelet	she who makes profane
`H2491-18`	mechaleley	from the pierced ones of
`H2490-31`	mechaleleyha	her defilers
`H2490-32`	mechaleleykha	your profaners
`H2490-33`	mechalelim	the ones who are profaning
`H2490-34`	mechalelo	from profaning him
`H2490-35`	mechel	he made a beginning
`H2490-36`	mecholal	a pierced-through one
`H2490-37`	mecholelet	she who is being profaned
`H2490-38`	mechuleley	the pierced-through ones of
`H2490-39`	mehachel	from causing-to-begin
`H8462-05`	mitechilat	from the opening-of
`H2490-41`	nichal	he was profaned
`H2490-42`	tachel	you will make a beginning
`H2490-43`	tachelu	you men will make a beginning
`H8462-06`	tchlt	opening-of
`H2490-44`	techalel	you will profane
`H2490-45`	techalelenu	you will profane him
`H2490-46`	techalelu	you men will profane
`H2490-47`	techel	she will be profaned
`H8462-07`	techilat	opening-of
`H2490-48`	ulechalel	and to profane
`H2490-49`	umechalelim	and the profaning ones
`H2490-50`	uvechalelo	and when he made him common
`H4247-01`	uvimechilot	and in the hollowed-out caves of
`H2490-51`	vaachalel	and I profaned
`H2491-19`	vachalalah	and a pierced woman
`H2471-04`	vachalat	and a perforated cake-of
`H2490-52`	vaechal	and I was profaned
`H2490-53`	vaechalelekha	So I profaned you
`H2490-55`	vatachel	And she began (made an opening)
`H2490-56`	vatechaleleha	and you profaned her
`H2490-57`	vatechalelenah	and you women profaned
`H2490-58`	vatechalelu	and you men made profane
`H8462-08`	vatechilah	in the beginning-opening
`H2490-59`	vatechileynah	and they (fem.) began
`H2490-61`	vayachel	and he made a beginning
`H2490-62`	vayachelu	and they began
`H2490-63`	vayechalelu	and they desecrated
`H2490-64`	vchllh	and he made her common
`H2474-11`	vchlvnv	and his perforated-window
`H2491-20`	vechalal	in the pierced-one
`H2471-05`	vechalat	and perforated-cake of
`H2491-21`	vechaleleyhem	and their pierced ones
`H2485-04`	vechalil	and a hollowed flute
`H2474-12`	vechalonayv	and his pierced-openings
`H2474-13`	vechalonim	and perforated-openings
`H2474-14`	vechalonot	and perforated openings
`H2471-06`	vechalot	and a pierced cake of
`H2490-65`	vechilaleta	and you have made profane
`H2490-66`	vechilelu	and they profaned
`H2490-67`	vechileluha	and they made her profane
`H2490-68`	vechileluhu	and they profaned him
`H2474-15`	vehachalonim	and the perforated openings
`H2474-16`	vehachalonot	and the perforated openings
`H2490-69`	venichalete	and you (feminine singular) will be profaned
`H2490-70`	venichalu	and they will be profaned
`H2490-72`	yachel	he will make a beginning
`H2490-73`	yechal	he shall be profaned
`H2490-74`	yechalel	he will profane (make common)
`H2490-75`	yechalelenu	he will profane him
`H2490-76`	yechalelu	they profane
`H2490-77`	yechaleluhu	they will profane him

Word Usage (23 occurrences of H8462)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 13:3	בַּ/תְּחִלָּ֔ה	batechilah	at the beginning
Genesis 41:21	בַּ/תְּחִלָּ֑ה	batechilah	at the beginning
Genesis 43:18	בַּ/תְּחִלָּ֔ה	batechilah	the first time
Genesis 43:20	בַּ/תְּחִלָּ֖ה	batechilah	the first time
Judges 1:1	בַּ/תְּחִלָּ֖ה	batechilah	first
Judges 20:18	בַ/תְּחִלָּ֔ה	vatechilah	first
Judges 20:18	בַ/תְּחִלָּֽה	vatechilah-2	first
2 Samuel 17:9	בַּ/תְּחִלָּ֔ה	batechilah	at the first
2 Samuel 21:9	תחלת	tchlt	beginning
2 Samuel 21:9	בִּ/תְחִלַּ֖ת	bitechilat	at the beginning of
2 Samuel 21:10	מִ/תְּחִלַּ֣ת	mitechilat	from the beginning of
2 Kings 17:25	בִּ/תְחִלַּת֙	bitechilat	at the beginning of
Isaiah 1:26	כְּ/בַ/תְּחִלָּ֑ה	kevatechilah	as-at-the-beginning
Hosea 1:2	תְּחִלַּ֥ת	techilat	beginning of
Amos 7:1	בִּ/תְחִלַּ֖ת	bitechilat	at-the-beginning-of
Proverbs 9:10	תְּחִלַּ֣ת	techilat	beginning of
Ruth 1:22	בִּ/תְחִלַּ֖ת	bitechilat	at the beginning of
Ecclesiastes 10:13	תְּחִלַּ֥ת	techilat	beginning
Daniel 8:1	בַּ/תְּחִלָּֽה	batechilah	at the first
Daniel 9:21	בַּ/תְּחִלָּה֙	batechilah	at the beginning
Daniel 9:23	בִּ/תְחִלַּ֨ת	bitechilat	at the beginning of
Ezra 4:6	בִּ/תְחִלַּ֖ת	bitechilat	at the beginning
Nehemiah 11:17	הַ/תְּחִלָּה֙	hatechilah	of the beginning

+ Add Niger-Congo Word

← Back to Genesis 43:20

Lexicon H8462

Morphology HRd/Ncfsa All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H8462-01

Words from Root חלל (to pierce, open, begin, initiate; to profane (by treating as common))

Word Usage (23 occurrences of H8462)

Lexicon `H8462`

Morphology `HRd/Ncfsa` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H8462-01`