1) braid, lock, plait

1a) of hair

Root √חלף: חָלַף vb pass on away pass through Qal pass on quickly pass away vanish , come on anew sprout again of grass. i.e. pass through , i.e. pierce overstep transgress , trans. Pi cause to pass change . () Hiph change (trans.) shew newness . .or,(mostly poet.)

מַחֲלָפָה n.f plait intertwining passing through .(of hair; so called fr. each other, of the strands)