חֵילֶף, (חלף) a species of rush (so named from its sharp edges, v. Fl. to Levy Targ. Dict. I, 425¹, a. Sm. Ant. s. v. Schoenus). Tosef. Succ. I, 10 של קנים ושל ח׳ (a matting) of reeds or rushes; Succ. 20ᵃ Ar. (ed. חילת, Ms. M. חולית). Sot. 49ᵇ Ar. (ed. חילת).—Kel. XVII, 17.—[Pl. חִילְפִין, v. חֲלִיפִין a. חֵלֶף.]