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# Talmud: Kilayim

🏷 Hebrew text Talmud text interlinear spook law · text — by Gerry · Feb 2026 · 4451 words

The Talmud tractate Kilayim specifies which fruits & vegetables must not be planted near each other, for fear of unlawful contamination. Beneath the pun-encryption, it specifies which public offices must not officially be given to members of the same family, because it would expose the corruption & nepotism.

## Introduction

Kilayim is a Talmud tractate about “forbidden mixtures”, mostly fruits & vegetables that must not be planted & placed near each other. It is especially weird because for many of these old names, it is today unknown which plant specifically was meant. And as usual with Talmudic laws, there is no apparent reason why planting them near each other would be so terrible, and there is also no explanation.

Under the hood the text is of course pun-encrypted, and is really about people. It tells which titles & offices must not publicly placed near other: The most important law is that politics & financial profiteering mustn’t be publicly connected, because then everyone would see the ruling elites as the vast nepotist network that they’ve always been. Even truthers think that “ze Jeeews” invented usury, and that they used this to take over traditional aristocratic empires. In reality, this doesn’t work. All bankers need the goons-with-sticks power first, to force people to pay up those ridiculous interest fees for their out-of-air money. So financial power was always built on top of traditional aristocratic military power, it had to be. The Kilayim laws ensured that regular people could never see that.

Encryption-wise, the Kilayim chapter is special because the names for both vegetables & office titles are often foreign loanwords, from Latin Latin & Greek, so they don’t have the traditionel “Hebrew” feel to them like other Talmud chapters.

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## Forbidden mixture of offices

### Nobility & business are not generally a forbidden mixture.

#### Kilayim 1:1.a

Wheat and

> Encrypted: Nobility and business are not generally a forbidden mixture this one with that one. A prince and a grain trader, a worthy one and a ship owner, a judge and a goldsmith, a courtier and a ship owner, an agent of high rank and a silver smith, these are not generally a forbidden mixture this one with that one.

> Official: Wheat and foodstuffs are not generally a forbidden mixture this one with that one. Barley and oats, spelt and rye, beans and sapir beans, purqdan beans and tophah beans, beans white and kidney beans, these are not a forbidden mixture this one with that one.

> Nobility
> חטי ḥṭy: be like a nobleman, lord it, raised in luxury
> החטים hḥṭym
> חטיא ḥṭyˀ: wheat; חטה ḥṭh: wheat-grain
> Wheat
> and business
> זון zwn: managed; זיונא zywnˀ: management, business; ־ין -yn: (plural)
> והזונין whzwnyn
> זון zwn: provide, food; ־ין -yn: (plural)
> and foodstuffs [?]
> are not [generally]
> אין ˀyn: no, not
> אינן ˀynn
> אין ˀyn: no, not
> are not [generally]
> a [forbidden] mixture
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> כלאים klˀym
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> a [forbidden] mixture
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> with that [one].
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> בזה bzh
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> with that [one].
> A prince
> שר šr: prince, chief; שרר šrr: rule
> השערים hšˁrym
> שעורה šˁwrh: barley; סעורין sˁwryn: barley
> Barley
> and a grain trader [?],
> שבלתא šbltˀ: ear of grain; שולא šwlˀ: work to do, trade, business
> ושבלת שועל wšblt šwˁl
> שבלת שועל šblt šwˁl: oats; שבלתא šbltˀ: ear of grain; שועל šwˁl: fox
> and oats,
> a worthy [one]
> כמסת kmst: able, worthy, adequate for
> הכסמין hksmyn
> כסמת ksmt: spelt, rye
> spelt
> and a ship [owner???],
> ספינה spynh: ship, boat, vessel; ספנא spnˀ: ship-master; יזף yzp: borrow, lend, loan
> והשיפון whšypwn
> שיפון šypwn: rye, oats
> and rye,
> a judge [?]
> פלל pll: judge; פלילה plylh: judge, umpire
> הפול hpwl
> פול pwl: bean
> beans
> and a goldsmith [?],
> צרף ṣrp: smelt, smith, goldsmith, money-changer
> והספיר whspyr
> ספיר spyr: a plant, sapphire
> and sapir [beans?],
> a courtier [?]
> פרגוד prgwd: paragodes, court, royal attendants; ־ן -n: (suffix)
> הפרקדן hprqdn
> פרקדן prqdn: supine
> purqdan [beans?]
> and a ship [owner???],
> תבה tbh: trunk of a ship, ship, ark
> והטפח whṭpḥ
> טפח ṭpḥ: lathyrus
> and tophah [beans?],
> an agent [?]
> פולא pwlˀ: scouts, agents
> ופול wpwl
> פול pwl: bean
> beans
> of high rank [?]
> עלב ˁlb: oppress, surpass in rank; ־ן -n: (suffix)
> הלבן hlbn
> לבן lbn: white
> white
> and a silver [smith??],
> סאמא sˀmˀ: silver; סימא symˀ: silver, treasure
> והשעועים whšˁwˁym
> שעועים šˁwˁym: kidney-bean
> and kidney beans,
> [these] are not [generally]
> אין ˀyn: no, not; ־ם -m: them
> אינם ˀynm
> אין ˀyn: no, not; ־ם -m: them
> [these] are not
> a [forbidden] mixture
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> כלאים klˀym
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> a [forbidden] mixture
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> with that [one].
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> בזה bzh
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> with that [one].

> Kilayim 1:1.a

#### Kilayim 1:2.a

Cucumbers

> Encrypted: Even a quaestor and a religious authority is not a forbidden mixture this one with that one. But lord Yehudah says: Actually, it is a forbidden mixture.

> Official: Even cucumbers and melons are not a forbidden mixture this one with that one. But rabbi Yehudah says: Actually, they are a forbidden mixture.

> [Even] a quaestor [???]
> קוסטא qwsṭˀ: district, province; קואסטור qwˀsṭwr: quaestor; קוסדור qwsdwr: quaestor
> הקשות hqšwt
> קשות qšwt: cucumber
> [Even] cucumbers
> and a religious authority [??]
> מלפנא mlpnˀ: learned men, authorities in matters of religion
> והמלפפון whmlppwn
> מלפון mlpwn: melon; מילפפון mylppwn: melon
> and melons
> is not
> אין ˀyn: no, not; ־ם -m: them
> אינם ˀynm
> אין ˀyn: no, not; ־ם -m: them
> are not
> a [forbidden] mixture
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> כלאים klˀym
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> a [forbidden] mixture
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> with that [one].
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> בזה bzh
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> with that [one].
> [But] lord
> רב rb: lord, master, noble
> רבי rby
> רבי rby: rabbi
> [But] rabbi
> Yehudah
> יהודה yhwdh: Yehudah
> יהודה yhwdh
> יהודה yhwdh: Yehudah
> Yehudah
> says:
> אמר ˀmr: say
> אומר ˀwmr
> אמר ˀmr: say
> says:
> [Actually, it is a forbidden] mixture.
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> כלאים klˀym
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> [Actually, they are a forbidden] mixture.

> Kilayim 1:2.a

### Rulers from different offices are not generally a forbidden mixture.

#### Kilayim 1:2.b

kilayim.

> Encrypted: Majesties and majesties of another office, oppressors and oppressors of another office, rulers and rulers of another office, stewards and stewards of another office, governors and governors of another office, agents of one office and other representatives, agents of one office and another group, they are not generally a forbidden mixture this one with that one.

> Official: Horseradish and horseradish of the open fields, endives and endives of the field, leek and leek of the field, coriander and coriander of the field, mustard and mustard of Egypt, gourds of Egypt and bitter cucumbers, beans of Egypt and carobs, they are not a forbidden mixture this one with that one.

> Majesties
> הזרת hzrt: majesty; הזור hzwr: lordship
> חזרת ḥzrt
> חזרת ḥzrt: horseradish
> Horseradish
> and majesties
> הזרת hzrt: majesty; הזור hzwr: lordship
> וחזרת wḥzrt
> חזרת ḥzrt: horseradish
> and horseradish
> of [another] office,
> כול kwl: measure, hold office
> גלים glym
> גלי gly: open field; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> of the open fields,
> oppressors
> אלוץ ˀlwṣ: oppressor; אלוצא ˀlwṣˀ: tyrant
> עלשין ˁlšyn
> עלש ˁlš: endive, chicory
> endives
> and oppressors
> אלוץ ˀlwṣ: oppressor; אלוצא ˀlwṣˀ: tyrant
> ועלשי wˁlšy
> עלש ˁlš: endive, chicory
> and endives
> of [another] office,
> שדה šdh: position, office, status
> שדה šdh
> שדה šdh: field
> of the field,
> rulers
> כורסיא kwrsyˀ: throne, ruler
> כרשים kršym
> כרישא kryšˀ: leek
> leek
> and rulers
> כורסיא kwrsyˀ: throne, ruler
> וכרשי wkršy
> כרישא kryšˀ: leek
> and leek
> of [another] office,
> שדה šdh: position, office, status
> שדה šdh
> שדה šdh: field
> of the field,
> stewards
> גזבר gzbr: treasurer, manager, steward
> כסבר ksbr
> כסבר ksbr: coriander
> coriander
> and stewards
> גזבר gzbr: treasurer, manager, steward
> וכסבר wksbr
> כסבר ksbr: coriander
> and coriander
> of [another] office,
> שדה šdh: position, office, status
> שדה šdh
> שדה šdh: field
> of the field,
> governors [?]
> שהרדל šhrdl: governor, ruler
> חרדל ḥrdl
> חרדל ḥrdl: mustard
> mustard
> and governors [?]
> שהרדל šhrdl: governor, ruler
> וחרדל wḥrdl
> חרדל ḥrdl: mustard
> and mustard
> of [another] office,
> משרה mšrh: rule, office
> מצרי mṣry
> מצרי mṣry: Egyptian
> of Egypt,
> agents
> דללותא dllwtˀ: procuration, agency
> ודלעת wdlˁt
> דלעת dlˁt: gourd, pumpkin
> gourds
> of [one] office
> משרה mšrh: rule, office
> המצרי hmṣry
> מצרי mṣry: Egyptian
> of Egypt
> and [other] representatives,
> רמז rmz: intimate, represent
> והרמוצה whrmwṣh
> רמץ rmṣ: cucumbers in hot ashes, bitter apple
> and bitter cucumbers,
> agents
> פולא pwlˀ: scouts, agents
> ופול wpwl
> פול pwl: bean
> beans
> of [one] office
> משרה mšrh: rule, office
> מצרי mṣry
> מצרי mṣry: Egyptian
> of Egypt
> and [another] group [???],
> הורפא hwrpˀ: group, circle
> והחרוב whḥrwb
> חרוב ḥrwb: carob
> and carobs,
> [they are] not [generally]
> אין ˀyn: no, not
> אינם ˀynm
> אין ˀyn: no, not
> [they are] not
> a [forbidden] mixture
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> כלאים klˀym
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> a [forbidden] mixture
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> with that [one].
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> בזה bzh
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> with that [one].

> Kilayim 1:2.b

### Religious & wordly teachers are not generally a forbidden mixture.

#### Kilayim 1:3.a

Turnips

> Encrypted: Scholars and spiritual leaders, preachers and educators, educators and clerics are not generally a forbidden mixture this one with that one.

> Official: Turnips and the widespread common turnip, cabbage and cauliflower, beets and rumex are not a forbidden mixture this one with that one.

> Scholars [??]
> יליפותא ylypwtˀ: scholarship, learnedness, science
> הלפת hlpt
> לפת lpt: vegetables, turnip
> Turnips
> and spiritual [leaders??],
> נפש npš: soul, spirit
> והנפוץ whnpwṣ
> נפוץ npwṣ: widespread
> and the widespread [common turnip??],
> preachers [??]
> קרב qrb: pray, lead in prayer
> והכרוב whkrwb
> כרוב krwb: cabbage
> cabbage
> and educators [??],
> תרבית trbyt: instruction, studies, education
> והתרובתור whtrwbtwr
> תרובתור trwbtwr: variety of cabbage
> and cauliflower [??],
> educators [??]
> תרעיתא trˁytˀ: thought, theory; תארותא tˀrwtˀ: education, discipline
> התרדים htrdym
> תרד trd: spinach, beet, beetroot
> beets
> and clerics [??]
> עללנא ˁllnˀ: prelate, bishop; עלן ˁln: clerics aside from bishop
> והלעונים whlˁwnym
> לענה lˁnh: wormwood
> and rumex
> [are] not [generally]
> אין ˀyn: no, not; ־ם -m: them
> אינם ˀynm
> אין ˀyn: no, not; ־ם -m: them
> [are] not
> a [forbidden] mixture
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> כלאים klˀym
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> a [forbidden] mixture
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> with that [one].
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> בזה bzh
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> with that [one].

> Kilayim 1:3.a

### Titles & riches are not generally a forbidden mixture.

#### Kilayim 1:3.b

Rabbi Akiva

> Encrypted: Adds lord Akiva: Titles and riches, those with coins and those with dignity, exaltation and money, are not generally a forbidden mixture this one with that one.

> Official: Adds rabbi Akiva: Garlic and wild garlic, onions and dwarf onions, lupines and lupines of another sort, are not a forbidden mixture this one with that one.

> Adds
> יסף ysp: add
> הוסיף hwsyp
> יסף ysp: add
> Adds
> lord
> רב rb: lord, master, noble
> רבי rby
> רבי rby: rabbi
> rabbi
> Akiva:
> עקיבא ˁqybˀ: Akiva
> עקיבא ˁqybˀ
> עקיבא ˁqybˀ: Akiva
> Akiva:
> Titles
> שום šwm: name, title, tax
> השום hšwm
> שום šwm: garlic
> Garlic
> and riches,
> שמינתא šmyntˀ: rich, luxuriant
> והשומנית whšwmnyt
> שומנית šwmnyt: wild garlic
> and wild garlic,
> [those] with coins
> ב־ b-: with; סלע slˁ: sela, coin
> הבצל hbṣl
> בצל bṣl: onion
> onions
> and [those] with dignity,
> ב־ b-: with; סלסול slswl: glory, distinction, dignity
> והבצלצול whbṣlṣwl
> בצלצול bṣlṣwl: dwarf-onion
> and dwarf onions [??],
> exaltation
> תרומה trwmh: exaltation; אהתרם ˀhtrm: esteem
> והתרמוס whtrmws
> תורמוס twrmws: thermos, lupine
> lupines
> and money [?],
> פלסא plsˀ: money; פולסא pwlsˀ: small coin
> והפלסלוס whplslws
> פלסלוס plslws: sort of lupine
> and lupines [of another sort?],
> [are] not [generally]
> אין ˀyn: no, not
> אינן ˀynn
> אין ˀyn: no, not
> [are] not
> a [forbidden] mixture
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> כלאים klˀym
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> a [forbidden] mixture
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> with that [one].
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> בזה bzh
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> with that [one].

> Kilayim 1:3.b

#### Kilayim 1:1

As for

> Encrypted: Among leaders, taxation and lordship, nobility and treasury are not generally a forbidden mixture this one with that one.

> Official: Among trees, pears and Crustumenian pears, quinces and medlars are not a forbidden mixture this one with that one.

> Among leaders,
> ב־ b-: among; איל ˀyl: leader; ־ין -yn: (plural)
> ובאילן wbˀyln
> ב־ b-: among; אילן ˀyln: tree
> Among trees,
> taxation [??]
> גזי gzy: tax, tribute; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> האגסים hˀgsym
> אגס ˀgs: pear; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> pears
> and lordship [??],
> קוריס qwrys: kyrios, lord; ת־ t-: of; מולא mwlˀ: lord
> והקרסתומלין whqrstwmlyn
> קרוסטמיל qrwsṭmyl: Crustumenian pear
> and Crustumenian pears [??],
> nobility
> פרוש prwš: distinguishing, noble
> והפרישים whpryšym
> פריש pryš: quince
> quinces
> and treasury [???]
> אוצר ˀwṣr: treasure, treasury; ־ת -t: (suffix)
> והעזרדים whˁzrdym
> עוזרר ˁwzrr: medlar, crab-apple; חזרד ḥzrd: crab-apple
> and medlars
> [are] not [generally]
> אין ˀyn: no, not; ־ם -m: them
> אינם ˀynm
> אין ˀyn: no, not; ־ם -m: them
> [are] not
> a [forbidden] mixture
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> כלאים klˀym
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> a [forbidden] mixture
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> with that [one].
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> בזה bzh
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> with that [one].

> Kilayim 1:1

### Politicians & extortioners of money are a forbidden mixture.

#### Kilayim 1:4.a

the other. The

> Encrypted: But a tax-gatherer and a majesty, a nobleman and tax-collector, an exchequer and a majesty, although they are similar this one to that one, they are a forbidden mixture this one to that one.

> Official: But apple and crab-apple, peach and almond, jujubes and pomegranates, although they are similar this one to that one, they are a forbidden mixture this one to that one.

> [But] a tax-gatherer
> תבעה tbˁh: required payment, tax; תבועא tbwˁˀ: creditor, tax-gatherer
> התפוח htpwḥ
> תפוח tpwḥ: apple
> [But] apple
> and a majesty,
> הזרת hzrt: majesty; הזור hzwr: presence
> והחזרד whḥzrd
> חזרד ḥzrd: crab-apple; חזרר ḥzrr: crab-apple
> and crab-apple,
> a nobleman
> פרוש prwš: distinguishing, noble
> הפרסקים hprsqym
> פרסק prsq: persikon, peach
> peach
> and tax-collector,
> סקט sqṭ: exaction, collector of taxes, lictor
> והשקדין whšqdyn
> שקד šqd: almond-tree, almond
> and almond,
> an exchequer
> שיזפן šyzpn: minter, exchequer; ש־ š-: make; יזף yzp: lend
> והשזפין whšzpyn
> שיזפין šyzpyn: jujubes
> jujubes
> and a majesty,
> רם rm: elevated, supreme, high-ranking; רוממו rwmmw: majesty; ־ין -yn: (plural)
> והרימין whrymyn
> רמון rmwn: pomegranate
> and pomegranates,
> although
> אף על פי ˀp ˁl py: although
> אף על פי ˀp ˁl py
> אף על פי ˀp ˁl py: although
> although
> they are similar
> ש־ š-: that; דומה dwmh: similar, like
> שדומין šdwmyn
> ש־ š-: that; דומה dwmh: similar, like
> they are similar
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> to that [one],
> ל־ l-: to; זה zh: that
> לזה lzh
> ל־ l-: to; זה zh: that
> to that [one],
> [they are a forbidden] mixture
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> כלאים klˀym
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> [they are a forbidden] mixture
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> to that [one].
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> בזה bzh
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> to that [one].

> Kilayim 1:4.a

### Nobles & common-born leaders are a forbidden mixture.

#### Kilayim 1:5.a

The radish

> Encrypted: Nobles and common-born leaders, exalted noblemen and common warriors, public servants who are born oppressors with those who are born slaves or mere informers, although they are similar this one to that one, they are a forbidden mixture this one to that one.

> Official: Raddish and common radish, mustard and charlock, gourds of Greece with those of Egypt or ash-colored ones, although they are similar this one to that one, they are a forbidden mixture this one to that one.

> Nobles [?]
> סנינא snynˀ: virtuous, noble
> הצנון hṣnwn
> צנון ṣnwn: radish
> Raddish
> and common[-born leaders?],
> נפוץ npwṣ: common, widespread
> והנפוץ whnpwṣ
> נפוס npws: common radish
> and common radish,
> exalted noblemen [?]
> חר ḥr: nobleman; דלי dly: exalted
> החרדל hḥrdl
> חרדל ḥrdl: mustard
> mustard
> and [common?] warriors,
> לבש lbš: fully armed warrior; לבשא lbšˀ: armor-clad, soldier; ־ן -n: (suffix)
> והלפסן whlpsn
> לפסן lpsn: lapsane, charlock
> and charlock,
> [public?] servants [??]
> דייל dyyl: attendant, serving person, constable; ־ת -t: (suffix)
> ודלעת wdlˁt
> דלעת / דלוע dlˁt / dlwˁ: gourd, pumpkin
> gourds
> [who are born?] oppressors
> ינה ynh: oppress; אונה ˀwnh: oppress
> יונית ywnyt
> יון ywn: Greece, Greek
> of Greece
> with
> עם ˁm: with
> עם ˁm
> עם ˁm: with
> with
> [those who are born?] slaves
> מצר mṣr: slave
> המצרית hmṣryt
> מצרי mṣry: Egyptian
> [those] of Egypt
> or [mere] informers,
> רמז rmz: signaler, informer
> והרמוצה whrmwṣh
> רמוץ rmwṣ: ash-colored
> or ash-colored [ones???],
> although
> אף על פי ˀp ˁl py: although
> אף על פי ˀp ˁl py
> אף על פי ˀp ˁl py: although
> although
> they are similar
> ש־ š-: that; דומה dwmh: similar, like
> שדומין šdwmyn
> ש־ š-: that; דומה dwmh: similar, like
> they are similar
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> to that [one],
> ל־ l-: to; זה zh: that
> לזה lzh
> ל־ l-: to; זה zh: that
> to that [one],
> [they are a forbidden] mixture
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> כלאים klˀym
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> [they are a forbidden] mixture
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> to that [one].
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> בזה bzh
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> to that [one].

> Kilayim 1:5.a

#### Kilayim 1:6.a

A wolf

> Encrypted: An oppressor and a mere substitute leader, a substitute leader of a village and a moneylender, powerful oppressors and mere followers, leaders and mere foot-soldiers, a mighty one and a servant, a servant and an important one, an important one and a commoner, although they may as persons be similar this one to that one, they are a forbidden mixture this one to that one.

> Official: A wolf and a dog, a dog of the village and a fox, goats and gazelles, deers and sheep, horse and mule, mule and donkey, donkey and wild ass, although they are similar this one to that one, they are a forbidden mixture this one to that one.

> An oppressor
> זועף zwˁp: oppression
> הזאב hzˀb
> זאב zˀb: wolf
> A wolf
> and a [mere] substitute [leader?],
> חלף ḥlp: exchange, substitute; חליפה ḥlyph: replacement
> והכלב whklb
> כלב klb: dog
> and a dog,
> a substitute [leader?]
> כלב klb: dog
> כלב klb
> כלב klb: dog
> a dog
> of a village [?]
> כפר kpr: village; כופרי kwpry: wild
> הכפרי hkpry
> כפר kpr: village; כופרי kwpry: wild
> of the village
> and a [money]lender,
> שאל šˀl: borrow, lend, lender
> והשועל whšwˁl
> שועל šwˁl: fox
> and a fox,
> powerful oppressors
> עצם ˁṣm: force, press, powerful
> העזים hˁzym
> עזים ˁzym: goats
> goats
> and [mere] followers,
> צבא ṣbˀ: follow, service, army
> והצבאים whṣbˀym
> צבי ṣby: deer, gazelle; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> and gazelles,
> leaders
> איל ˀyl: head, chief, leader
> היעלים hyˁlym
> איל ˀyl: deer, stag, ram
> deers
> and [mere] foot-soldiers,
> רגלא rglˀ: foot-soldier, infantryman
> והרחלים whrḥlym
> רחל rḥl: ewe, sheep
> and sheep,
> a mighty [one]
> עזיז ˁzyz: strong, mighty
> הסוס hsws
> סוס sws: horse
> horse
> and a servant,
> פאריט pˀryṭ: servant; אפריט ˀpryṭ: servant
> והפרד whprd
> פרד prd: mule
> and mule,
> a servant
> פאריט pˀryṭ: servant; אפריט ˀpryṭ: servant
> הפרד hprd
> פרד prd: mule
> mule
> and an important [one],
> חמור ḥmwr: heavy, important
> והחמור whḥmwr
> חמור ḥmwr: ass, donkey
> and donkey,
> an important [one]
> חמור ḥmwr: heavy, important
> החמור hḥmwr
> חמור ḥmwr: ass, donkey
> donkey
> and a commoner,
> ירוד yrwd: low, common
> והערוד whˁrwd
> ערוד ˁrwd: wild ass
> and wild ass,
> although
> אף על פי ˀp ˁl py: although
> אף על פי ˀp ˁl py
> אף על פי ˀp ˁl py: although
> although
> they [may as persons?] be similar
> ש־ š-: that; דומה dwmh: similar, like
> שדומין šdwmyn
> ש־ š-: that; דומה dwmh: similar, like
> they are similar
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> to that [one],
> ל־ l-: to; זה zh: that
> לזה lzh
> ל־ l-: to; זה zh: that
> to that [one],
> [they are a forbidden] mixture
> כלא klˀ: forbid, prohibit; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> כלאים klˀym
> כלא klˀ: forbid, mixture, hybrid; ־ים -ym: (plural)
> [they are a forbidden] mixture
> this [one]
> זה zh: this
> זה zh
> זה zh: this
> this [one]
> to that [one].
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> בזה bzh
> ב־ b-: with; זה zh: that
> to that [one].

> Kilayim 1:6.a

### One must not mix high-ranking leaders with lesser leaders.

#### Kilayim 1:7.a

They may

> Encrypted: One may not insert one kind of leader into the role of another kind of leader, or one person of lesser worth into another kind of lesser worth and especially not a leader into persons of lesser worth, and not a person of lesser worth into leaders. Rabbi Yehudah permits it with persons of lesser worth into leaders.

> Official: One may not insert one tree onto another kind of tree, or one herb onto another kind of herb, and especially not a tree onto a herb, and not a herb onto a tree. Rabbi Yehudah permits it with a herb onto a tree.

> [One may] not
> אין ˀyn: no, not
> אין ˀyn
> אין ˀyn: no, not
> [One may] not
> insert
> מ־ m-: of; בוא bwˀ: bring, enter, insert
> מביאין mbyˀyn
> מ־ m-: of; בוא bwˀ: bring, enter, insert
> insert
> [one kind] of leader
> איל ˀyl: leader, chief; ־ין -yn: (plural)
> אילן ˀyln
> אילן ˀyln: tree
> [one] tree
> into [the role of?] [another kind] of leader,
> ב־ b-: on; איל ˀyl: leader, chief; ־ין -yn: (plural)
> באילן bˀyln
> ב־ b-: on; אילן ˀyln: tree
> onto [another kind] of tree,
> [or one person] of lesser worth
> ריק ryq: profane, worthless, worthless man
> ירק yrq
> ירק yrq: green, herb
> [or one] herb
> into [another kind] of lesser worth
> ב־ b-: on; ריק ryq: profane, worthless, worthless man
> בירק byrq
> ב־ b-: on; ירק yrq: green, herb
> onto [another kind] of herb,
> and [especially] not
> לא lˀ: not
> ולא wlˀ
> לא lˀ: not
> and [especially] not
> a leader
> איל ˀyl: leader, chief; ־ין -yn: (plural)
> אילן ˀyln
> אילן ˀyln: tree
> a tree
> into [persons] of lesser worth,
> ב־ b-: on; ריק ryq: profane, worthless, worthless man
> בירק byrq
> ב־ b-: on; ירק yrq: green, herb
> onto a herb,
> and not
> לא lˀ: not
> ולא wlˀ
> לא lˀ: not
> and not
> [a person] of lesser worth
> ריק ryq: profane, worthless, worthless man
> ירק yrq
> ירק yrq: green, herb
> a herb
> into leaders.
> ב־ b-: on; איל ˀyl: leader, chief; ־ין -yn: (plural)
> באילן bˀyln
> ב־ b-: on; אילן ˀyln: tree
> onto a tree.
> Rabbi
> רב rb: lord, master, noble
> רבי rby
> רבי rby: rabbi
> Rabbi
> Yehudah
> יהודה yhwdh: Yehudah
> יהודה yhwdh
> יהודה yhwdh: Yehudah
> Yehudah
> permits [it]
> נתר ntr: free, permit
> מתיר mtyr
> נתר ntr: free, permit
> permits [it]
> [with persons] of lesser worth
> ריק ryq: profane, worthless, worthless man
> ירק yrq
> ירק yrq: green, herb
> [with] a herb
> into leaders.
> ב־ b-: on; איל ˀyl: leader, chief; ־ין -yn: (plural)
> באילן bˀyln
> ב־ b-: on; אילן ˀyln: tree
> onto a tree.

> Kilayim 1:7.a

### One may not have lesser leaders pretend to be higher ones.

#### Kilayim 1:8.a

They

> Encrypted: One may also not plant persons of lesser worth in the misleading role of a pretended persona. One may also not join a lesser onto a chosen leader who is polished up for a role, because that is still inserting a person of lesser worth into a leader.

> Official: One may also not plant herbs in a trunk of a sycamore. One may also not join rue onto a chosen cassia tree that is white, because that is still inserting a herb onto a tree.

> [One may also] not
> אין ˀyn: no, not
> אין ˀyn
> אין ˀyn: no, not
> [One may also] not
> plant
> נטע nṭˁ: plant
> נוטעין nwṭˁyn
> נטע nṭˁ: plant
> plant
> [persons] of lesser worth
> ריק ryq: profane, worthless, worthless man
> ירקות yrqwt
> ירק yrq: green, herb
> herbs
> in
> ב־ b-: in; תוך twk: middle
> בתוך btwk
> ב־ b-: in; תוך twk: middle
> in
> the misleading [role?]
> סטן sṭn: misguide, mislead; שתעניא štˁnyˀ: play, game
> סדן sdn
> סדן sdn: block, tree trunk
> a trunk
> of
> של šl: of, belonging to
> של šl
> של šl: of, belonging to
> of
> a pretended [persona].
> סכם skm: simulate, pretend, feign, pose
> שקמה šqmh
> שקמה šqmh: sycamore
> a sycamore.
> [One may also] not
> אין ˀyn: no, not
> אין ˀyn
> אין ˀyn: no, not
> [One may also] not
> join
> מ־ m-: of; רכב rkb: join, combine
> מרכיבין mrkybyn
> מ־ m-: of; רכב rkb: join, combine
> join
> a lesser [???]
> פגמא pgmˀ: diminish, lessen
> פיגם pygm
> פיגם pygm: rue
> rue
> onto
> על ˁl: on, upon
> על ˁl
> על ˁl: on, upon
> onto
> a chosen [??]
> גבי gby: taxed, lictor, tribute collector, make a tax-gatherer
> גבי gby
> גבי gby: chosen
> a chosen [??]
> leader
> קידא qydˀ: leader; קדי qdy: possess
> קדה qdh
> קדה qdh: cassia
> cassia tree
> who is polished up [for a role?],
> לבן lbn: polish, refined
> לבנה lbnh
> לבן lbn: white
> that is white,
> because
> מפני mpny: because of
> מפני mpny
> מפני mpny: because of
> because
> that [is still inserting]
> ש־ š-: that; הוא hwˀ: he, it
> שהוא šhwˀ
> ש־ š-: that; הוא hwˀ: he, it
> that [is still inserting]
> [a person] of lesser worth
> ריק ryq: profane, worthless, worthless man
> ירק yrq
> ירק yrq: green, herb
> a herb
> into a leader.
> ב־ b-: on; איל ˀyl: leader, chief; ־ין -yn: (plural)
> באילן bˀyln
> ב־ b-: on; אילן ˀyln: tree
> onto a tree.

> Kilayim 1:8.a

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