thereof 2490 ## chalal {khaw-lal'}; a primitive root [compare 2470]; 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"); denom. (from 2485) to play (the flute): -- begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape {thereof}, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound. [ql ~~~~~~