שעטנז

Hebrew

מעבדה לבדיקת שעטנז בירושלים.

Etymology

Root
שׁ־ע־ט־נ־ז (sh-ʿ-ṭ-n-z)

Of obscure origin.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃatˈnez/

Noun

שַׁעַטְנֵז • (shatnéz) m

1. (Judaism) shatnez
   • Tanach, Leviticus 19:19, with translation of the King James Version:

     אֶֽת־חֻקֹּתַי֮ תִּשְׁמֹ֒רוּ֒ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ֙ לֹא־תַרְבִּ֣יעַ כִּלְאַ֔יִם שָׂדְךָ֖ לֹא־תִזְרַ֣ע כִּלְאָ֑יִם וּבֶ֤גֶד כִּלְאַ֙יִם֙ שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז לֹ֥א יַעֲלֶ֖ה עָלֶֽיךָ׃

     Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 22:11, with translation of the King James Version:

     לֹ֤א תִלְבַּשׁ֙ שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז צֶ֥מֶר וּפִשְׁתִּ֖ים יַחְדָּֽו׃

     Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.

References

• H8162 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible