H8162 H8162
Mixed fabric, linsey-woolsey; cloth combining wool and linen, forbidden in Israelite garments
A noun denoting a kind of mixed fabric, specifically cloth woven from wool and linen together, which was forbidden for Israelite garments. Leviticus 19:19 prohibits wearing כִּלְאַיִם (mixed kinds), and Deuteronomy 22:11 specifies the prohibition as שַׁעַטְנֵז, defined as 'wool and linen together.' The word may be of Egyptian origin, possibly from Coptic terms meaning 'woven' and 'false,' suggesting 'false weave' or 'mixed weave.' The Septuagint translates it as 'spurious' (kibdēlos). The prohibition is part of the broader holiness code concern with maintaining boundaries—between kinds of animals, plants, and now fabrics.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The ban on שַׁעַטְנֵז reflects the Priestly concern for order, purity, and the maintenance of divinely established categories. Mixing wool (from animals) and linen (from plants) violated the created order's distinctions. The multilingual glosses ('mixed fabric,' 'mezcla de telas,' 'tissu mélangé') convey the essence: this is hybrid cloth, crossing boundaries that Israel was called to respect. The specificity of the prohibition (exactly which fabrics) underscores the detailed nature of holiness: faithfulness to God extends to the clothes on one's back. 2×
AR["مَزْجُوجٌ", "مَزْرُوعًا"]·ben["মিশ্র-কাপড়", "মিশ্রিত"]·DE["gemischt-fabric"]·EN["mixed-fabric"]·FR["tissu-mélangé"]·heb["שעטנז"]·HI["मिश्रित", "मिश्रित-कपड़ा"]·ID["campuran", "kain-campuran"]·IT["mescolato-fabric"]·jav["campuran", "jaring"]·KO["섞인-것", "혼합-직물을"]·PT["mistura"]·RU["смешанную", "шатнез"]·ES["de-lino-y-lana", "mezcla-de-telas"]·SW["mchanganyiko"]·TR["karışık", "karışık-kumaş"]·urd["ملا-کپڑا", "ملایا-ہوا"]
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
† שַׁעַטְנֵז n.m. mixed stuff (perhaps of Egyptian origin; Kn der. from Copt., saht, woven, + nudj, false (PeyronLex 224. 133), and thinks orig. שַׁעַטְנֹז; 𝔊 has κίβδηλος, spurious);—a kind of cloth forbidden for garments; defined Dt 22:11 by צֶמֶר וּפִשְׁתִּים יַחְדָּו, and Lv 19:19 (H) by כִּלְאַיִם.