From halam; a blow -- stripe, stroke.
see HEBREW halam
H4112. mahalummoth
מַהֲלֻמֿוֺת noun feminine plural strokes, blows (compare Phoenician מהלם stroke, stamp, impression, once on a coin אגדר מהלם coinage of Gader (Gades), = percussura, κόμμα, GesMon.pl.40,xiv. c also p. 307) — Proverbs 18:6 (compare Baer) 19:29, both times of blows on the body.