Lexical Definition

‎מַחְלָפָה‎ machlâphâh (makh-law-faw') lock ^H:N-F
from ‎חָלַף‎

lock.

• a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)

1) braid, lock, plait
1a) of hair

See Greek: σειρά

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מַחֲלָפָה‎] noun feminine plait (of hair; so called from intertwining, passing through each other, of the strands) — Plural construct ‎מַחְלְפוֺת ראֹשִׁי‎ Judg 16:13, compare vJudg 16:19.

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