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title: חָלָל — profaned · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָלָל (lemma:חָלָל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: profaned. BDB 1906: adj. profaned. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָלָל

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«חָלָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **profaned** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:חָלָל · **BDB:** חָלָל²

### Glosses

a.\[woman\].profaned (2); O.profane.\[one\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

profaned [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5dc_5b8_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. profaned [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5dc_5b8_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. profaned;—חָלָל רָשָׁע (read cstr. חֲלַל SS) profaned, dishonoured wicked one Ez 21:30 (so AV Thes MV SS Co Or; but RV Hä deadly wounded, Ew Sm fallen, slain); pl. cstr. חַלְלֵי רְשָׁעִים Ez 21:34; fs. חֲלָלָה of woman sexually dishonoured Lv 21:7; 14 (H; ‖ זָנָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָלָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5dc_5b8_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 21:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.30/)

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וְאַתָּה֙ חָלָ֣ל רָשָׁ֔ע נְשִׂ֖יא יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣א יוֹמ֔וֹ בְּעֵ֖ת עֲוֺ֥ן קֵֽץ׃ס

*Word for word:* and you O.profane.\[one\] wicked prince of.Israel whom it.has.come day his at a.time of.punishment of.\[the\].end

*JPS 1917:* And thou, O wicked one, that art to be slain, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end;

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[Leviticus 21:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.21.14/)

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אַלְמָנָ֤ה וּגְרוּשָׁה֙ וַחֲלָלָ֣ה זֹנָ֔ה אֶת־אֵ֖לֶּה לֹ֣א יִקָּ֑ח כִּ֛י אִם־בְּתוּלָ֥ה מֵעַמָּ֖יו יִקַּ֥ח אִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* a.widow and a.divorced.\[woman\] and a.\[woman\].profaned a.prostitute (et) these not he.will.take (dm) (if) a.virgin from kinspeople(s) his he.will.take a.wife

*JPS 1917:* A widow, or one divorced, or a profaned woman, or a harlot, these shall he not take; but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.

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