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title: מַחְלָפֹות — plait · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחְלָפֹות (4253), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: plait. BDB 1906: n.f. plait. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחְלָפֹות

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«מַחְלָפֹות» in the Tanakh dictionary: **plait** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4253 · **BDB:** מַחֲלָפָה

### Glosses

the.plaits (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחְלָפֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4253/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.'

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