יְחַלֵּ֔ל

𐤉𐤇𐤋𐤋

yechalel

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 21:12 · Word #6

Lexicon H2490

Lemmaחָלַל
Lemma (Paleo)𐤇𐤋𐤋
Transliterationchâlal
Strong'sH2490
In-contextprofane

Morphology HVpi3ms 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 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H2490-68

he will profane (make common)

Rootחלל (ḥ-l-l)
Core Meaningsto pierce, bore through, open up, make common, profane, defile
Semantic Rangeto profane, desecrate, defile, violate, treat as common, break a vow; in other stems, to begin, to wound, to pierce, to play a flute.
Conceptual Significanceחלל expresses the grave act of stripping holiness from what is set apart to יהוה, collapsing the boundary between sacred and common. In Israel’s covenantal framework, to "profane" is not merely ritual error but a breach that undermines holiness and covenant fidelity.
Morphological NotesPiel imperfect (yiqtol) 3rd masculine singular from חלל. The Piel stem intensifies or factitively expresses the action: to treat as profane, to desecrate, to violate what is holy.
Rendering RationaleIn the Piel stem, חלל carries the intensive sense of treating something as pierced through or opened up from its set-apart status—thus, making it common or profane. The imperfect 3rd masculine singular form is reflected by "he will," preserving both the verbal aspect and masculine singular subject.

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

Words from Root חלל (to pierce, bore through, open up, make common, profane, defile)

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
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!
H2471-01 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
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
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
H2490-41 techalel you will profane
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
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
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
H2474-03 vechalonim and perforated-openings
H2474-04 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
H2490-69 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
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