תְּחִלָּה (tĕḥillâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning beginning. It appears
23 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8462).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 661d)
Range of meaning (TWOT 661d)beginning; commencement, original; begin, first
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
תְּחִלָּהnoun, feminine: beginning
Strong's H8462תְּחִלָּה: a commencement; relatively original (adverb, -ly) KJV:begin(-ning), first (time).
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.
Root family 661: חָלַלḥālal — pollute, defile, profane; defile oneself, be polluted, defiled; violate the honour of, dishonour, violate, treat, as common; begin; bore, wound, dissolve, break, play; pipe, player on instruments, prostitute, slay, sorrow, stain