חָלַל (ḥālal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning pollute. It appears
143 times
in 27 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2490).
Also rendered
play the pipe
bore
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 660)
Range of meaning (TWOT 660)bore, pierce; pierced by the sword; pierced; wound, dissolve, profane, break, begin, play; defile, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, prostitute, slay, sorrow, stain
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָלַלverb: bore, pierce
Pualpierced by the sword
Poalpierced
Strong's H2490חָלַל: 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) KJV:begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.