מַחֲלָפָה
mach.la.phah
“lock”
Definition
a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)
from H2498 (חָלַף);
- braid, lock, plait 1a) of hair
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מַחֲלָפָה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.”He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man. ”
So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!”But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.
And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
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