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title: כִּלְאַיִם — two kinds · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּלְאַיִם (3610), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: two kinds. BDB 1906: du. two kinds. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּלְאַיִם

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«כִּלְאַיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **two kinds** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 3610 · **BDB:** כִּלְאַיִם

### Glosses

two.kinds (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּלְאַיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3610/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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[Leviticus 19:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.19/)

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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.

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