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# מַחְלָפֹות

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4253

**plait** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

plait [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4253/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַחֲלָפָה: n.f. plait [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4253/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. plait (of hair; so called from intertwining, passing through each other, of the strands)—Pl. cstr. מַחְלְפוֹת רֹאשִׁי Ju 16:13, cf. v 19.

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the plaits (2).

## In the verses

[Judges 16:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.19/#tree)

וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵ֙הוּ֙ עַל־בִּרְכֶּ֔יהָ וַתִּקְרָ֣א לָאִ֔ישׁ וַתְּגַלַּ֕ח אֶת־שֶׁ֖בַע מַחְלְפ֣וֹת רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ לְעַנּוֹת֔וֹ וַיָּ֥סַר כֹּח֖וֹ מֵעָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and she made.him.sleep on knees her and she.summoned (to) the man and she.shaved.off (et) seven the.plaits his.head his and she.began to humble him and it.departed strength his from on him

*JPS 1917:* And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and had the seven locks of his head shaven off; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

[Judges 16:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.13/#tree)

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר דְּלִילָ֜ה אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן עַד־הֵ֜נָּה הֵתַ֤לְתָּ בִּי֙ וַתְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֵלַי֙ כְּזָבִ֔ים הַגִּ֣ידָה לִּ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה תֵּאָסֵ֑ר וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֶ֔יהָ אִם־תַּאַרְגִ֗י אֶת־שֶׁ֛בַע מַחְלְפ֥וֹת רֹאשִׁ֖י עִם־הַמַּסָּֽכֶת׃

*Word for word:* and she.said Delilah to Samson until now you.have.deceived (in) me and you.have.spoken to me lies tell to me how? will.you.be.bound and he.said to her if you.will.weave (et) seven the.plaits my.head my with the web

*JPS 1917:* And Delilah said unto Samson: 'Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound.' And he said unto her: 'If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4253.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4253/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).