a primitive root (compare «02470»); 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 «02485») to play (the flute):--begin (X men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, ×  take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.