חַלִּיף, (חָלַף) sharp knife, slaughtering-knife.—Pl. חַלִּיפוֹת.—בית הח׳ the place in the Temple where the slaughtering knives were kept. Midd. IV, 7 (Talm. ed. פת …, corr. acc.); Yoma 36ᵃ מן בית הח׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. מן הח׳) inside of the knives’ cell.