תְחַלֵּ֛ל — Leviticus 18:21 Hebrew Word Study

תְחַלֵּ֛ל

𐤕𐤇𐤋𐤋

techalel

you shall profane

a primitive root (compare חָלָה); also denominative (from חָלִיל); properly, to bore, i.e. (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'); to play (the flute); begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.

H2490

Leviticus 18:21 · Word #7

Lexicon `H2490`

Lemma	חָלַל
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤇𐤋𐤋
Transliteration	châlal
Strong's	H2490
In-context	you shall profane

Morphology `HVpi2ms` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`V` — Verb — An action or state
Binyan	`p` — Piel — Intensive active
Conjugation	`i` — Imperfect — Incomplete or ongoing action
Person	`2` — 2nd person — Second person ("you")
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 `H2490-41`

you will profane

Root	חלל (ḥ-l-l)
Core Meanings	to pierce, bore through, wound; to profane, desecrate; to begin (as by opening); to make common
Semantic Range	to desecrate or defile sacred persons or objects; to treat as common; to violate a covenant or oath; to wound or pierce; to begin (as opening an action); in other stems, to play a flute or to be slain
Conceptual Significance	חלל in the Piel frequently marks the violation of holiness—treating what is set apart for יהוה as common. It expresses a reversal of sanctification, highlighting the gravity of covenant unfaithfulness and the boundary between the sacred and the profane in Israel’s worship and communal life.
Morphological Notes	Verb, Piel stem, imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular (HVpi2ms/HVpj2ms). The Piel often carries an intensive or factitive sense, here "to profane" or "to desecrate."
Rendering Rationale	The Piel stem intensifies the action of the root חלל, conveying active desecration or treating something as pierced/opened to common use. The form is second masculine singular imperfect, accurately reflected by "you will," preserving the direct address to a single male subject.

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

Words from Root חלל (to pierce, bore through, wound; to profane, desecrate; to begin (as by opening); to make common)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H2490-01`	achalel	I will profane
`H2490-02`	achel	I will make a beginning
`H2474-01`	bachalon	in the perforated opening
`H8462-01`	batechilah	in the opening-beginning
`H8462-02`	bitechilat	in the opening-of
`H2491-01`	chalal	pierced one
`H2491-02`	chalalim	pierced men
`H2471-01`	chalat	perforated cake of
`H2490-03`	chalel	Profane!
`H2490-04`	chalelam	they have profaned them
`H2491-03`	chaleley	pierced-through ones of
`H2491-04`	chaleleyhem	their pierced-slain ones
`H2491-05`	chaleleykhem	your pierced ones
`H2486-01`	chalilah	A profanation!
`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
`H2491-06`	hachalalim	the pierced ones
`H2474-02`	hachalon	the pierced-opening
`H2474-03`	hachalonot	the perforated openings
`H2490-14`	hachel	Cause to begin, you (masculine singular)!
`H2490-15`	hachilam	they have made them profane
`H2490-16`	hachilota	you have caused to begin
`H2490-17`	hachiloti	I caused to begin
`H2490-18`	hamechulal	the profaned one
`H2491-07`	hechalal	the pierced one
`H2490-19`	hechel	he made a beginning
`H2490-20`	hechelah	she caused to begin (she opened the way)
`H2490-21`	hechelu	they caused to begin
`H2490-22`	huchal	it was caused to begin
`H2485-01`	kachalilim	like hollowed flutes
`H2490-23`	kecholelim	like flute-pipers
`H2490-24`	lechalel	to desecrate
`H2490-25`	lechalelo	to profane him
`H2455-01`	lechol	to commonness
`H2490-26`	lehechalo	to profane him
`H2490-27`	mechalel	the one profaning
`H2490-28`	mechalelet	she who makes profane
`H2490-29`	mechaleleyha	her defilers
`H2490-30`	mechaleleykha	your profaners
`H2490-31`	mechalelim	the ones who are profaning
`H2490-32`	mechalelo	from profaning him
`H2490-33`	mechel	he made a beginning
`H2490-34`	mecholal	a pierced-through one
`H2490-35`	mecholelet	she who is being profaned
`H2490-36`	mechuleley	the pierced-through ones of
`H2490-37`	mehachel	from causing-to-begin
`H2490-38`	nichal	he was profaned
`H2490-39`	tachel	you will make a beginning
`H2490-40`	tachelu	you men will make a beginning
`H2490-42`	techalelenu	you will profane him
`H2490-43`	techalelu	you men will profane
`H2490-44`	techel	she will be profaned
`H8462-03`	techilat	opening-of
`H2490-45`	ulechalel	and to profane
`H2490-46`	umechalelim	and the profaning ones
`H2490-47`	uvechalelo	and when he made him common
`H2490-48`	vaachalel	and I profaned
`H2491-08`	vachalalah	and a pierced woman
`H2490-49`	vaechal	and I was profaned
`H2490-50`	vaechalelekha	So I profaned you
`H2490-51`	vatachel	And she began (made an opening)
`H2490-52`	vatechaleleha	and you profaned her
`H2490-53`	vatechalelenah	and you women profaned
`H2490-54`	vatechalelu	and you men made profane
`H8462-04`	vatechilah	in the beginning-opening
`H2490-55`	vatechileynah	and they (fem.) began
`H2490-56`	vayachel	and he made a beginning
`H2490-57`	vayachelu	and they began
`H2490-58`	vayechalelu	and they desecrated
`H2490-59`	vchllh	and he made her common
`H2471-03`	vechalat	and perforated-cake of
`H2485-02`	vechalil	and a hollowed flute
`H2474-04`	vechalonim	and perforated-openings
`H2474-05`	vechalonot	and perforated openings
`H2490-60`	vechilaleta	and you have made profane
`H2490-61`	vechilelu	and they profaned
`H2490-62`	vechileluha	and they made her profane
`H2490-63`	vechileluhu	and they profaned him
`H2490-64`	venichalete	and you (feminine singular) will be profaned
`H2490-65`	venichalu	and they will be profaned
`H2490-66`	yachel	he will make a beginning
`H2490-67`	yechal	he shall be profaned
`H2490-68`	yechalel	he will profane (make common)
`H2490-69`	yechalelenu	he will profane him
`H2490-70`	yechalelu	they profane
`H2490-71`	yechaleluhu	they will profane him

Word Usage (143 occurrences of H2490)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 4:26	הוּחַ֔ל	huchal	began
Genesis 6:1	הֵחֵ֣ל	hechel	men began
Genesis 9:20	וַ/יָּ֥חֶל	vayachel	began
Genesis 10:8	הֵחֵ֔ל	hechel	began
Genesis 11:6	הַחִלָּ֣/ם	hachilam	they have begun
Genesis 41:54	וַ/תְּחִלֶּ֜ינָה	vatechileynah	began
Genesis 44:12	הֵחֵ֔ל	hechel	he began
Genesis 49:4	חִלַּ֖לְתָּ	chilaleta	you defiled
Exodus 20:25	וַ/תְּחַֽלְלֶֽ/הָ	vatechaleleha	you have profaned it
Exodus 31:14	מְחַֽלְלֶ֨י/הָ֙	mechaleleyha	profaners of it
Leviticus 18:21	תְחַלֵּ֛ל	techalel	you shall profane
Leviticus 19:8	חִלֵּ֑ל	chilel	he has profaned
Leviticus 19:12	וְ/חִלַּלְתָּ֛	vechilaleta	nor shall you profane
Leviticus 19:29	תְּחַלֵּ֥ל	techalel	profane
Leviticus 20:3	וּ/לְ/חַלֵּ֖ל	ulechalel	and to profane
Leviticus 21:4	לְ/הֵ֖חַלּֽ/וֹ	lehechalo	to profane himself
Leviticus 21:6	יְחַלְּל֔וּ	yechalelu	they shall profane
Leviticus 21:9	תֵחֵ֖ל	techel	she profanes
Leviticus 21:9	מְחַלֶּ֔לֶת	mechalelet	profaneth
Leviticus 21:12	יְחַלֵּ֔ל	yechalel	profane
Leviticus 21:15	יְחַלֵּ֥ל	yechalel	he shall profane
Leviticus 21:23	יְחַלֵּל֙	yechalel	he shall profane
Leviticus 22:2	יְחַלְּל֖וּ	yechalelu	they profane
Leviticus 22:9	יְחַלְּלֻ֑/הוּ	yechaleluhu	they profane it
Leviticus 22:15	יְחַלְּל֔וּ	yechalelu	they shall profane
Leviticus 22:32	תְחַלְּלוּ֙	techalelu	you-shall profane
Numbers 17:11	הֵחֵ֥ל	hechel	has-begun
Numbers 17:12	הֵחֵ֥ל	hechel	had begun
Numbers 18:32	תְחַלְּל֖וּ	techalelu	you shall profane
Numbers 25:1	וַ/יָּ֣חֶל	vayachel	and began
Numbers 30:3	יַחֵ֖ל	yachel	he shall break
Deuteronomy 2:24	הָחֵ֣ל	hachel	Begin
Deuteronomy 2:25	אָחֵל֙	achel	I will begin
Deuteronomy 2:31	הַֽחִלֹּ֨תִי֙	hachiloti	I have begun
Deuteronomy 2:31	הָחֵ֣ל	hachel	Begin
Deuteronomy 3:24	הַֽחִלּ֨וֹתָ֙	hachilota	have begun
Deuteronomy 16:9	מֵ/הָחֵ֤ל	mehachel	from the beginning
Deuteronomy 16:9	תָּחֵ֣ל	tachel	you shall begin
Deuteronomy 20:6	חִלְּל֔/וֹ	chilelo	enjoyed it
Deuteronomy 20:6	יְחַלְּלֶֽ/נּוּ	yechalelenu	enjoy it
Deuteronomy 28:30	תְחַלְּלֶּֽ/נּוּ	techalelenu	you will use its fruit
Joshua 3:7	אָחֵל֙	achel	I-will-begin
Judges 10:18	יָחֵ֔ל	yachel	will begin
Judges 13:5	יָחֵ֛ל	yachel	shall begin
Judges 13:25	וַ/תָּ֨חֶל֙	vatachel	And began
Judges 16:19	וַ/תָּ֨חֶל֙	vatachel	and she began
Judges 16:22	וַ/יָּ֧חֶל	vayachel	and it began
Judges 20:31	וַ/יָּחֵ֡לּוּ	vayachelu	and they began
Judges 20:39	הֵחֵל֩	hechel	began
Judges 20:40	הֵחֵ֛לָּה	hechelah	began
1 Samuel 3:2	הֵחֵ֣לּוּ	hechelu	had begun
1 Samuel 3:12	הָחֵ֖ל	hachel	beginning
1 Samuel 14:35	הֵחֵ֔ל	hechel	he began
1 Samuel 22:15	הַחִלֹּ֛תִי	hachiloti	did I begin
1 Kings 1:40	מְחַלְּלִ֣ים	mechalelim	playing
2 Kings 10:32	הֵחֵ֣ל	hechel	began
2 Kings 15:37	הֵחֵ֣ל	hechel	began
Isaiah 23:9	לְ/חַלֵּל֙	lechalel	to defile
Isaiah 43:28	וַ/אֲחַלֵּ֖ל	vaachalel	and-I-defiled
Isaiah 47:6	חִלַּ֨לְתִּי֙	chilaleti	I-profaned
Isaiah 48:11	יֵחָ֑ל	yechal	should it be profaned
Isaiah 51:9	מְחוֹלֶ֥לֶת	mecholelet	piercing
Isaiah 53:5	מְחֹלָ֣ל	mecholal	was pierced
Isaiah 56:2	מֵֽ/חַלְּל֔/וֹ	mechalelo	from profaning it
Isaiah 56:6	מֵֽ/חַלְּל֔/וֹ	mechalelo	from profaning it
Jeremiah 16:18	חַלְּלָ֣/ם	chalelam	they have defiled it
Jeremiah 25:29	מֵחֵ֣ל	mechel	begin
Jeremiah 31:5	וְ/חִלֵּֽלוּ	vechilelu	and they will enjoy
Jeremiah 34:16	וַ/תְּחַלְּל֣וּ	vatechalelu	and profaned
Ezekiel 7:21	ו/חלל/ה	vchllh	and they will profane it
Ezekiel 7:21	וְ/חִלְּלֽוּ/הוּ	vechileluhu	and they will profane it
Ezekiel 7:22	וְ/חִלְּל֖וּ	vechilelu	and-they-shall-profane
Ezekiel 7:22	וְ/חִלְּלֽוּ/הָ	vechileluha	and-they-shall-profane-it
Ezekiel 7:24	וְ/נִחֲל֖וּ	venichalu	and their holy places will be profaned
Ezekiel 9:6	תָּחֵ֑לּוּ	tachelu	begin
Ezekiel 9:6	וַ/יָּחֵ֨לּוּ֙	vayachelu	and they began
Ezekiel 13:19	וַ/תְּחַלֶּלְ֨נָה	vatechalelenah	and-you-have-profaned
Ezekiel 20:9	הֵחֵ֛ל	hechel	be profaned
Ezekiel 20:13	חִלְּל֣וּ	chilelu	they profaned
Ezekiel 20:14	הֵחֵל֙	hechel	it be profaned
Ezekiel 20:16	חִלֵּ֑לוּ	chilelu	they profaned
Ezekiel 20:21	חִלֵּ֑לוּ	chilelu	they profaned
Ezekiel 20:22	הֵחֵל֙	hechel	be-profaned
Ezekiel 20:24	חִלֵּ֑לוּ	chilelu	they profaned
Ezekiel 20:39	תְחַלְּלוּ	techalelu	you-defile(pl)
Ezekiel 22:8	חִלָּֽלְתְּ	chilalete	you have profaned
Ezekiel 22:16	וְ/נִחַ֥לְתְּ	venichalete	and-you-will-be-profaned
Ezekiel 22:26	וַ/יְחַלְּל֣וּ	vayechalelu	and have profaned
Ezekiel 22:26	וָ/אֵחַ֖ל	vaechal	and I am profaned
Ezekiel 23:38	חִלֵּֽלוּ	chilelu	they profaned
Ezekiel 23:39	לְ/חַלְּל֑/וֹ	lechalelo	to profane it
Ezekiel 24:21	מְחַלֵּ֤ל	mechalel	am profaning
Ezekiel 25:3	נִחָ֗ל	nichal	it-was-profaned
Ezekiel 28:7	וְ/חִלְּל֖וּ	vechilelu	and they will defile
Ezekiel 28:9	מְחַלְלֶֽי/ךָ	mechaleleykha	those who wound you
Ezekiel 28:16	וָ/אֶחַלֶּלְ/ךָ֩	vaechalelekha	so I cast you as profane
Ezekiel 28:18	חִלַּ֖לְתָּ	chilaleta	you profaned
Ezekiel 32:26	מְחֻ֣לְלֵי	mechuleley	slain
Ezekiel 36:20	וַֽ/יְחַלְּל֖וּ	vayechalelu	and they profaned
Ezekiel 36:21	חִלְּל֨וּ/הוּ֙	chileluhu	they had profaned it
Ezekiel 36:22	חִלַּלְתֶּ֔ם	chilaletem	you-have-profaned
Ezekiel 36:23	הַֽ/מְחֻלָּל֙	hamechulal	the-profaned
Ezekiel 36:23	חִלַּלְתֶּ֖ם	chilaletem	you-have-profaned
Ezekiel 39:7	אַחֵ֥ל	achel	I will let profane
Ezekiel 44:7	לְ/חַלְּל֣/וֹ	lechalelo	to defile it
Hosea 8:10	וַ/יָּחֵ֣לּוּ	vayachelu	and they begin
Amos 2:7	חַלֵּ֖ל	chalel	profane
Jonah 3:4	וַ/יָּ֤חֶל	vayachel	And Jonah began
Zephaniah 3:4	חִלְּלוּ	chilelu	have profaned
Malachi 1:12	מְחַלְּלִ֣ים	mechalelim	are profaning
Malachi 2:10	לְ/חַלֵּ֖ל	lechalel	by profaning
Malachi 2:11	חִלֵּ֣ל	chilel	has profaned
Psalms 55:21	חִלֵּ֥ל	chilel	he violated
Psalms 74:7	חִלְּל֥וּ	chilelu	they have profaned
Psalms 87:7	כְּ/חֹלְלִ֑ים	kecholelim	like-dancers
Psalms 89:32	יְחַלֵּ֑לוּ	yechalelu	they profane
Psalms 89:35	אֲחַלֵּ֥ל	achalel	will I profane
Psalms 89:40	חִלַּ֖לְתָּ	chilaleta	You have profaned
Psalms 109:22	חָלַ֥ל	chalal	is wounded
Job 26:13	חֹֽלֲלָ֥ה	cholalah	pierced
Lamentations 2:2	חִלֵּ֥ל	chilel	has profaned
Esther 6:13	הַחִלּ֨וֹתָ	hachilota	you have begun
Esther 9:23	הֵחֵ֖לּוּ	hechelu	they-had-begun
Daniel 11:31	וְ/חִלְּל֞וּ	vechilelu	and they shall pollute
Ezra 3:6	הֵחֵ֕לּוּ	hechelu	they began
Ezra 3:8	הֵחֵ֡לּוּ	hechelu	they-began
Nehemiah 4:1	הֵחֵ֥לּוּ	hechelu	they had begun
Nehemiah 13:17	וּֽ/מְחַלְּלִ֖ים	umechalelim	and-profaning
Nehemiah 13:18	לְ/חַלֵּ֖ל	lechalel	to profane
1 Chronicles 1:10	הֵחֵ֔ל	hechel	began
1 Chronicles 5:1	וּֽ/בְ/חַלְּל/וֹ֙	uvechalelo	but because he defiled
1 Chronicles 27:24	הֵחֵ֤ל	hechel	began
2 Chronicles 3:1	וַ/יָּ֣חֶל	vayachel	Then Solomon began
2 Chronicles 3:2	וַ֠/יָּחֶל	vayachel	and he began
2 Chronicles 20:22	הֵחֵ֨לּוּ	hechelu	they began
2 Chronicles 29:17	וַ֠/יָּחֵלּוּ	vayachelu	they began
2 Chronicles 29:27	הֵחֵ֣ל	hechel	began
2 Chronicles 29:27	הֵחֵ֤ל	hechel-2	began
2 Chronicles 31:7	הֵחֵ֥לּוּ	hechelu	they began
2 Chronicles 31:10	מֵ/הָחֵ֨ל	mehachel	since beginning
2 Chronicles 31:21	הֵחֵ֣ל	hechel	he began
2 Chronicles 34:3	הֵחֵ֕ל	hechel	he-began
2 Chronicles 34:3	הֵחֵל֙	hechel-2	he-began

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Lexicon H2490

Morphology HVpi2ms All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H2490-41

Words from Root חלל (to pierce, bore through, wound; to profane, desecrate; to begin (as by opening); to make common)

Word Usage (143 occurrences of H2490)

Lexicon `H2490`

Morphology `HVpi2ms` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H2490-41`