חָלַל (ḥālal) is a Hebrew verb meaning pollute. It appears 143 times in 27 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2490).

Also rendered

• play the pipe
• bore

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 660)

Root family 660: חָלַל ḥālal — I, wound (fatally), bore through, pierce. Survives in Arabic ḥalla “pierce through.” Occurs ninety-six times, including derivatives

• חָלָל ḥālāl — profaned
• חַלּוֹן ḥallôn — window
• חַלָּה ḥallâ — a kind of cake
• חָלִיל ḥālîl — flute
• מְחִלָּה mĕḥillâ — hole

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