Lexical Definition

‎חָלָל‎ châlâl (khaw-lawl') slain: killed ^H:N-M
from ‎חָלַל‎

kill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) wounded.

• pierced (especially to death)
• figuratively, polluted

n m
1) slain, fatally wounded, pierced
1a) pierced, fatally wounded
1b) slain
adj
2) (CLBL) profaned
2a) defiled, profaned (by divorce)

Extended Information

• : killed
• Also means: cha.lal (‎ח‎ָ‎ל‎ָ‎ל‎ ": wounded" חָלָל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חָלָל‎₉₀ noun masculine pierced, ‎׳‎‎ח‎ absolute Deut 21:1 + 25 t.; construct ‎חֲלַל‎ Num 19:16 plural ‎חֲלָלִים‎ Num 23:24 + 28 t.; construct ‎חַלְלֵי‎ Isa 22:2 + 21 t.; suffix ‎חֲלָלֶיךָ‎ Ps 69:27*, etc. + 11 t. suffixes; —

1. pierced, fatally wounded Ps 69:27*; Jer 51:52; Ezek 26:15; Ezek 30:24; Lam 2:12. Elsewhere

2. slain Num 19:18; Num 31:8; Num 31:19 (P), etc.; singular collective 2Sam 23:8; 2Sam 23:18 = 1Chr 11:11; 1Chr 11:20; Ezek 6:7; Ezek 30:11, etc., but usually plural 1Sam 17:52 (RV wounded) Jer 51:49, etc.; ‎חַלְלֵי חֶרֶב‎ Isa 22:2; Jer 14:18; Ezek 31:17; Ezek 31:18; Ezek 32:20; Ezek 32:21; Ezek 32:25; Ezek 32:28; Ezek 32:29; Ezek 32:30; Ezek 32:31; Ezek 32:32; Zeph 2:12; Lam 4:9 ‎חַלְלֵי רעב‎ Lam 4:9 ‎חַלְלֵי יהוה‎ Isa 66:16; Jer 25:33.

II. ‎חָלָל‎ adjective profaned; — ‎חָלָל רָשָׁע‎ (read construct ‎חֲלַל‎ SS) profaned, dishonoured wicked one Ezek 21:30* (so AV Thes MV SS Co Or; but RV H" deadly wounded, Ew Sm fallen, slain); plural construct ‎חַלְלֵי רְשָׁעִים‎ Ezek 21:34* feminine singular ‎חֲלָלָה‎ of woman sexually dishonoured Lev 21:7; Lev 21:14 (H; || ‎זָנָה‎).

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