H2490 — חָלַל

chalal (khaw-lal') v. 1. (properly) to bore 2. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve 3. (figuratively) to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an "opening wedge") 4. denom. (from H2485) to play (the flute) [a primitive root] KJV: 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. Compare: H2470 See also: H2485