Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
H2490a
H2490a חָלַל bore , pierce H2490b חלל vb. denom . play the pipe , pipe H2490c חָלַל pollute , defile , profane
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain
Strong's H2490 · Hebrew
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)