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Hebrew wordlink #341600

OSHB Eze 20:22 הֵחֵל (hēḩēl) Strongs=2490 c Lemma=‘חָלַל’
contextual word gloss=‘to_be_profaned’ possible word glosses=‘he / it_began’
Morphology=VNc PoS=niphal_verb Type=infinitive_construct

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Other uses (2) of identical word form הֵחֵל (Morphology=VNc PoS=niphal_verb Type=infinitive_construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘הֵחֵל’ (Morphology=VNc PoS=niphal_verb Type=infinitive_construct) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be_profaned’.

EZE 20:9 contextual word gloss=‘to_be_profaned’ possible word glosses=‘he / it_began’ OSHB EZE 20:9 word 5

OET-LV: 9 And_I _acted for _the _sake _of name _of_my to_not to _be _profaned to_the _eyes _of the_nations which they were_among _of_them which I _had _made _myself _known to_them to_their _of_eyes by_bringing_them _out from_the _land _of Miʦrayim. (EZE_20:9)

OET-RV: 9 I did that to protect my reputation so it wouldn’t be tarnished in the eyes of the nations where they were staying. I made myself clearly known to them by bringing them out of Egypt. (EZE 20:9)

EZE 20:14 contextual word gloss=‘to_be_profaned’ possible word glosses=‘he / it_began’ OSHB EZE 20:14 word 5

OET-LV: 14 And_I _acted for _the _sake _of name _of_my to_not to _be _profaned to_the _eyes _of the_nations which I_had _brought _them _out to_their _of_eyes. (EZE_20:14)

OET-RV: 14 But I did that to protect my reputation so it wouldn’t be tarnished in the eyes of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out of Egypt. (EZE 20:14)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘חָלַל’’ have 6 different glosses: ‘[when]_it_began’, ‘he_began’, ‘it_began’, ‘it_had_begun’, ‘it_has_begun’, ‘to_be_profaned’.