# \*ḥVll-: 'to profane, declare permitted; play (flute)' 1, 'loaf of bread' 2, 'to untie; to begin' 3 > Proto-Semitic *ḥVll-, 'to profane, declare permitted; play (flute)' 1, 'loaf of bread' 2, 'to untie; to begin' 3: reflexes in 9 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [ḥ](). Updated 2026-11-04. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*ḥVll- | | Meaning | 'to profane, declare permitted; play (flute)' 1, 'loaf of bread' 2, 'to untie; to begin' 3 | | Basis | project | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | ḥalāl- 'permitted, lawful' 1 (BK 1, 474); ḥll \[-u-\] 'untie' 3 (Lane 619) | BK 1, 474; Lane 619 | | | Ugaritic | ḥll 1 (DULAT 355) | DULAT 355 | gloss withheld | | Tigre | ḥalāl 1 (Wb. 52b; HALOT 315); ḥel 1 (Wb. 52b; HALOT 318) | Wb. 52b; HALOT 315; HALOT 318 | gloss withheld | | Syrian Aramaic | ḥullā 1 \[HALOT 315\] | HALOT 315 | gloss withheld | | Phoenician | ḥll: mḥll 1 (T 105); ḥlt 2 (Krahmalkov 186) | T 105; Krahmalkov 186 | gloss withheld | | Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ḥll 1 (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 24) (Sabaweb lemma 8257) | Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 24; Sabaweb lemma 8257 | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | ḥll 1 (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 24); ḥll hif. 3 (HALOT 319) | Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 24; HALOT 319 | gloss withheld | | Judaic Aramaic | ḥlylʾ 1 (HALOT 318) | HALOT 318 | gloss withheld | | Mandaic Aramaic | hlyl 1 (HALOT 318) | HALOT 318 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes Krahmalkov 186 compares Heb. ḥalla with Ph. ḥlt 'loaf of bread' 2. ## Linked from - [ḥ]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/het/2732_to_profane_declare_permitted_play_flute_1_loaf_o/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.