התחיל - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(h)itˈχil/
• Rhymes: -il

הִתְחִיל • (hitkhíl) (hif'il construction)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to start, to begin

   Synonym: הֵחֵל (hekhél)

   • 11th century, Rashi, “Devarim 11:19”, in Commentary on the Torah:

     כשהתינוק מתחיל לדבר אביו מסיח עמו בלשון הקדש ומלמדו תורה

     When the infant begins to speak, his father should speak to him in Lashon Hakodesh and teach him Torah.