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

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