חָלִילָה (ḥālîlâ) is a Hebrew interjection meaning ad profanum! It appears 21 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2486).

Also rendered

• forbid

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 661c)

Root family 661: חָלַל ḥālal — II, profane, defile, pollute, desecrate; begin (Hiphil only)

• תְּחִלָּה tĕḥillâ — beginning
• חֹל ḥōl — profaneness

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