H3610 H3610
two kinds, mixed kinds; diverse species (forbidden in Levitical law)
This dual form noun appears exclusively in the Holiness Code's laws against mixing different kinds. The term designates forbidden mixtures—breeding cattle with different species, sowing fields with mixed seeds, or wearing garments woven from two kinds of thread. The underlying Hebrew root relates to 'both' or 'two,' emphasizing the duality that the law prohibits. These prohibitions aimed to maintain the created order's distinctions, teaching Israel to honor boundaries that God established in creation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The term appears four times in laws against mixing kinds. Leviticus prohibits breeding 'two kinds' of cattle together, sowing fields with 'mixed seeds,' or wearing garments of 'mixed kinds' of fabric (Lev 19:19, three times, H source). Deuteronomy similarly forbids sowing vineyards with 'mixed seeds' lest the whole yield become forfeit (Deut 22:9). Spanish especies distintas/mezcla and French espèces mélangées/mélangé-semences track the 'mixed/diverse species' sense, while German gemischt-Samen/gemischt-kinds preserves the 'mixed' element with varied objects across Germanic structure. 4×
AR["جِنْسَيْنِ", "صِنْفَيْنِ", "مِنْ-جِنْسَيْنِ"]·ben["দুই-প্রকার", "মিশ্র-বীজ"]·DE["gemischt-Samen", "gemischt-kinds"]·EN["mixed-kinds", "mixed-seeds"]·FR["espèces-mélangées", "mélangé-semences"]·heb["כלאיים", "כלאים"]·HI["दो-जाति-का", "दो-जाति-के", "मिश्रित-बीज"]·ID["campuran", "dengan-jenis-berbeda", "dua-jenis-benih"]·IT["mescolato-kinds", "mescolato-semi"]·jav["campuran"]·KO["두-종류", "두-종류로"]·PT["com-duas-espécies", "espécies-diferentes"]·RU["двумя-видами", "двумя-родами", "из-двух-видов"]·ES["con-especies-distintas", "con-mezcla", "mezcla"]·SW["aina-mbili", "mbegu-mbili", "ya-aina-mbili"]·TR["iki-tür", "karışık-tür"]·urd["مختلف-قسم-سے", "مختلف-قسم-کا", "مختلف-قسم-کے", "ملی-جلی"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כִּלְאַיִם 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.