חָלָל (ḥālāl) is a Hebrew noun meaning profaned. It appears 94 times in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2491).

Also rendered

• pierced
• slain
• killed

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 660a)

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

• חָלַל ḥālal — pollute
• חַלּוֹן ḥallôn — window
• חַלָּה ḥallâ — a kind of cake
• חָלִיל ḥālîl — flute
• מְחִלָּה mĕḥillâ — hole

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