מַחְלָפָה
machlafa · braid, lock
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4253 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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machlafa (מַחְלָפָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “braid, lock”.
Braid or long lock of hair.
How to say it
ma·chla·fa
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Strands of hair woven together.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Judges 16:13
And Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me with what you could be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the warp…”
- Judges 16:19
She made him sleep on her knees, and she called for a man and she shaved the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.