{"def":{"short":"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'); to play (the flute)","long":["to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin",["(Niphal)",["to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself",["ritually","sexually"],"to be polluted, be defiled"],"(Piel)",["to profane, make common, defile, pollute","to violate the honor of, dishonor","to violate (a covenant)","to treat as common"],"(Pual) to profane (name of God)","(Hiphil)",["to let be profaned","to begin"],"(Hophal) to be begun"],"to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore",["(Qal) to pierce","(Pual) to be slain","(Poel) to wound, pierce","(Poal) to be wounded"],"(Piel) to play the flute or pipe"]},"deriv":"a primitive root (compare H2470); also denominative (from H2485)","pronun":{"ipa":"ħɔːˈlɑl","ipa_mod":"χɑːˈlɑl","sbl":"ḥālal","dic":"haw-LAHL","dic_mod":"ha-LAHL"}}