Lexical Definition

‎מַחֲלָף‎ machălâph (makh-al-awf') knife ^H:N-M
from ‎חָלַף‎

knife.

• a (sacrificial) knife (as gliding through the flesh)

1) knife

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מַחֲלָף‎] noun masculine knife, so ᵑ9 (compare Syriac totondit (in Lexicon), , , knife, Talmud ‎חליפות‎ knives, according to Levy, Jastr; Thes as passing through (compare verb 3 a)); but √ and meaning not certain, only Plural ‎מַחֲלָפִים‎ Ezra 1:9, among temple utensils (see BeRy Ryle).

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