"החל" meaning in Hebrew

See החל in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /(h)eˈχel/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-החל.wav
Head templates: {{he-verb|hif|fut=יָחֵל|inf=לְהָחֵל|pass=הוּחַל|sort=חלל|tr=hekhél|wv=הֵחֵל|ע=ע}} הֵחֵל • (hekhél) (hif'il construction, infinitive לְהָחֵל, future יָחֵל, passive counterpart הוּחַל) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|hif|חלל}} Forms: הֵחֵל [canonical], hekhél [romanization], לְהָחֵל [infinitive], יָחֵל [future], הוּחַל [passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], לְהָחֵל [error-unrecognized-form], הֶחָלָה [noun-from-verb], הֵחַלְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], הֵחַלְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], הֵחַלְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], הֵחַלְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], הַחַלְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], הַחַלְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], הֵחֵל [masculine, past, singular, third-person], הֵחֵלָּה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], הֵחֵלּוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], מֵחֵל [masculine, present, singular], מחילה [feminine, present, singular], מְחִלָּה [feminine, present, singular], מחילים [masculine, plural, present], מְחִלִּים [masculine, plural, present], מחילות [feminine, plural, present], מְחִלּוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אָחֵל [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נָחֵל [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תָּחֵל [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תָּחֵלִּי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תָּחֵלּוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תָּחֵלְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יָחֵל [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תָּחֵל [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יָחֵלּוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תָּחֵלְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], הָחֵל [imperative, masculine, singular], הָחֵלִּי [feminine, imperative, singular], הָחֵלּוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], הָחֵלְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. to begin, to start Tags: construction-hif'il Synonyms: הִתְחִיל
    Sense id: en-החל-he-verb-V4Bofcc3 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־ל־ל, Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "הֵחֵל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hekhél",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְהָחֵל",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יָחֵל",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הוּחַל",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְהָחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֶחָלָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחַלְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחַלְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחַלְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחַלְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַחַלְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַחַלְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחֵלָּה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחֵלּוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מֵחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מחילה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְחִלָּה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מחילים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְחִלִּים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מחילות",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְחִלּוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּחֵלִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּחֵלּוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּחֵלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יָחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יָחֵלּוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּחֵלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָחֵלִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָחֵלּוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָחֵלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hif",
        "fut": "יָחֵל",
        "inf": "לְהָחֵל",
        "pass": "הוּחַל",
        "sort": "חלל",
        "tr": "hekhél",
        "wv": "הֵחֵל",
        "ע": "ע"
      },
      "expansion": "הֵחֵל • (hekhél) (hif'il construction, infinitive לְהָחֵל, future יָחֵל, passive counterpart הוּחַל)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hif",
        "2": "חלל"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־ל־ל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin, to start"
      ],
      "id": "en-החל-he-verb-V4Bofcc3",
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "הִתְחִיל"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-hif'il"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)eˈχel/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-החל.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9C.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9C.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "החל"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "הֵחֵל",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hekhél",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְהָחֵל",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יָחֵל",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הוּחַל",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לְהָחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֶחָלָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחַלְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחַלְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחַלְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחַלְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַחַלְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַחַלְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחֵלָּה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הֵחֵלּוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מֵחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מחילה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְחִלָּה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מחילים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְחִלִּים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מחילות",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְחִלּוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נָחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּחֵלִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּחֵלּוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּחֵלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יָחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יָחֵלּוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תָּחֵלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָחֵל",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָחֵלִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָחֵלּוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָחֵלְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hif",
        "fut": "יָחֵל",
        "inf": "לְהָחֵל",
        "pass": "הוּחַל",
        "sort": "חלל",
        "tr": "hekhél",
        "wv": "הֵחֵל",
        "ע": "ע"
      },
      "expansion": "הֵחֵל • (hekhél) (hif'il construction, infinitive לְהָחֵל, future יָחֵל, passive counterpart הוּחַל)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hif",
        "2": "חלל"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hebrew hif'il verbs",
        "Hebrew lemmas",
        "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־ל־ל",
        "Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Hebrew verbs",
        "Hebrew ע״ע hif'il verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin, to start"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "הִתְחִיל"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-hif'il"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)eˈχel/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-החל.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9C.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9C.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9C.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-YaronSh-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9C.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "החל"
}

Download raw JSONL data for החל meaning in Hebrew (5.3kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
  "path": [
    "החל"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "החל",
  "trace": ""
}

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