Strong's Concordance
Original word: חָלַל
Transliteration: chalal
Definition (short): pierce
Definition (full): to bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root (compare chalah); 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 chaliyl) to play (the flute) -- begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
see HEBREW chalah
see HEBREW chaliyl
References
KJV:
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
NASB:
To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
KJV:
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
NASB:
Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
KJV:
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
NASB:
Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.
KJV:
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
NASB:
Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.
KJV:
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
NASB:
The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.