What does כִּלְאַיִם (kilĕʾayim) mean in the Bible?
כִּלְאַיִם (kilĕʾayim): Prohibition of mixing two fundamentally different kinds reflects covenant holiness through separation and categorical purity
Hebrew · H3610
כִּלְאַיִם
Two heterogeneities
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כִּלְאַיִם H3610
Pronunciation kilĕʾayim
What does כִּלְאַיִם (kilĕʾayim) mean in the Bible?
כִּלְאַיִם (kilĕʾayim): Prohibition of mixing two fundamentally different kinds reflects covenant holiness through separation and categorical purity
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3610?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include made of two kinds (1), two different kinds (1), with two kinds (1), with two types of seed (1).
Where does כִּלְאַיִם (kilĕʾayim) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 19:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Leviticus (3), Deuteronomy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It made of two kinds 1× Leviticus 19:19
two different kinds 1× Leviticus 19:19
with two kinds 1× Leviticus 19:19
with two types of seed 1× Deuteronomy 22:9
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Usage map
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First aligned row Leviticus 19:19
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Leviticus 3 Deuteronomy 1
Source forms
כִּלְאָ֑יִם 2x kil·’ā·yim Leviticus 19:19, Deuteronomy 22:9
כִּלְאַ֔יִם 1x kil·’a·yim Leviticus 19:19
כִּלְאַ֙יִם֙ 1x kil·’a·yim Leviticus 19:19
Parsing patterns
Noun - md 4x Leviticus 19:19, Deuteronomy 22:9
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Prohibition of mixing two fundamentally different kinds reflects covenant holiness through separation and categorical purity
Source Gloss
two heterogeneities
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Prohibition of mixing two fundamentally different kinds reflects covenant holiness through separation and categorical purity
two heterogeneities BDB: two kinds Usage: divers seeds (-e kinds), mingled (seed).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
prohibition against sowing field with two different kinds of seed together
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
כִּלְאַיִם is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain