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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כִּלְאַיִםH3610
Pronunciationkilĕʾayim
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 Itmade of two kinds1×Leviticus 19:19
two different kinds1×Leviticus 19:19
with two kinds1×Leviticus 19:19
with two types of seed1×Deuteronomy 22:9
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First aligned rowLeviticus 19:19
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
Leviticus3Deuteronomy1
Source forms
כִּלְאָ֑יִם2xkil·’ā·yimLeviticus 19:19, Deuteronomy 22:9
כִּלְאַ֔יִם1xkil·’a·yimLeviticus 19:19
כִּלְאַ֙יִם֙1xkil·’a·yimLeviticus 19:19
Parsing patterns
Noun - md4xLeviticus 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 definitionSource: 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
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Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
prohibition against sowing field with two different kinds of seed together
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Word Origins
כִּלְאַיִם is built from this root: