*ḥVll-: 'to profane, declare permitted; play (flute)' 1, 'loaf of bread' 2, 'to untie; to begin' 3

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḥVll-
Meaning'to profane, declare permitted; play (flute)' 1, 'loaf of bread' 2, 'to untie; to begin' 3
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicḥalāl- 'permitted, lawful' 1 (BK 1, 474); ḥll [-u-] 'untie' 3 (Lane 619)BK 1, 474; Lane 619
Ugariticḥll 1 (DULAT 355)DULAT 355gloss withheld
Tigreḥalāl 1 (Wb. 52b; HALOT 315); ḥel 1 (Wb. 52b; HALOT 318)Wb. 52b; HALOT 315; HALOT 318gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicḥullā 1 [HALOT 315]HALOT 315gloss withheld
Phoenicianḥll: mḥll 1 (T 105); ḥlt 2 (Krahmalkov 186)T 105; Krahmalkov 186gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSab ḥll 1 (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 24) (Sabaweb lemma 8257)Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 24; Sabaweb lemma 8257gloss withheld
Hebrewḥll 1 (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 24); ḥll hif. 3 (HALOT 319)Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 24; HALOT 319gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicḥlylʾ 1 (HALOT 318)HALOT 318gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaichlyl 1 (HALOT 318)HALOT 318gloss withheld

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Notes

Krahmalkov 186 compares Heb. ḥalla with Ph. ḥlt 'loaf of bread' 2.

Updated 4 November 2026

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