תְּחִלָּה
te.chil.lah
- beginning
STEPBible TBESH
Glosses: beginning
1) beginning, first
1a) the first time
1b) from the beginning, in the beginning (with prep)
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Glosses: beginning
Root √חלל: חָלַל vb pollute defile profane Niph pollute defile oneself reflex. be polluted defiled Pass. Pi defile pollute , violate the honour of dishonour , violate a covenant treat as common a vineyard . Pu my great name which is profaned among the nations . Hiph I will not let my holy name be profaned any more . he shall not violate his word begin . Hoph then it was begun to call on the name of י׳ .(= men began) .
תְּחִלָּה n.f beginning .