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# כִּלְאַיִם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3610

**two kinds** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

two kinds [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3610/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כִּלְאַיִם: du. two kinds [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3610/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] du. two kinds (Arabic كِلَانِ, كِلَا both; Ethiopic ክልኤ; two; perhaps also כלאי MI23 both, two, Nö LCB 1889, 61, cf. Dr Sm xcii; Sm u. So MI 1886 suggest reservoirs; v. also כְּלִי)—בְּהֶמְתְּךָ לֹא תַּרְבִּיעַ כ׳ Lv 19:19 not cause thy cattle to breed (in) two kinds; שָֽׂדְךָ לֹא תִּזְרַע כ׳ v 19 (H); לֹא תִּזְרַע כַּרְמְךָ כ׳ Dt 22:9 (both כִּלְאָ֑יִם); בֶּגֶד כ׳ Lv 19:19 (H);—only in law of H and D against mixtures.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: two kinds (4).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 22:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.9/#tree)

לֹא־תִזְרַ֥ע כַּרְמְךָ֖ כִּלְאָ֑יִם פֶּן־תִּקְדַּ֗שׁ הַֽמְלֵאָ֤ה הַזֶּ֙רַע֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּזְרָ֔ע וּתְבוּאַ֖ת הַכָּֽרֶם׃ס

*Word for word:* not you.will.sow vineyard your two.kinds lest it.should.be.set.apart the.full produce the seed which you.will.sow and the.produce of the.vineyard

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed; lest the fulness of the seed which thou hast sown be forfeited together with the increase of the vineyard.

[Leviticus 19:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.19/#tree)

אֶֽת־חֻקֹּתַי֮ תִּשְׁמֹרוּ֒ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ֙ לֹא־תַרְבִּ֣יעַ כִּלְאַ֔יִם שָׂדְךָ֖ לֹא־תִזְרַ֣ע כִּלְאָ֑יִם וּבֶ֤גֶד כִּלְאַ֙יִם֙ שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז לֹ֥א יַעֲלֶ֖ה עָלֶֽיךָ׃פ

*Word for word:* (et) statutes my you.will.keep livestock your not you.will.make.lie two.kinds field your not you.will.sow two.kinds and clothing two.kinds mixed.stuff not it.will.go.up on you

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall keep My statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3610/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).