Lexical Definition

‎שַׁעַטְנֵז‎ shaʻaṭnêz (shah-at-naze') mixed stuff ^H:N-M
probably of foreign derivation

garment of divers sorts, linen and wollen.

• linsey-woolsey, i.e. cloth of linen and wool carded and spun together

1) mixed stuff, fabric of mixed weave, linsey-woolsey
1a) a kind of cloth forbidden for garments
1b) cloth made by weaving linen and wool together

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שַׁעַטְנֵז‎ noun masculine mixed stuff (perhaps of Egyptian origin; Kn derives from Coptic saht, woven, + nudj, false (Peyron^{Lex 224. 133}), and thinks originally ‎שַׁעַטְנֹז‎; ᵐ5 has κίβδηλος spurious); — a kind of cloth forbidden for garments; defined Deut 22:11 by ‎צֶמֶר וּפִשְׁתִּים יַחְדָּו‎, and Lev 19:19 (H) by ‎כִּלְאַיִם‎. ‎שֵׁעִיר‎ see ‎שֵׂעִיר‎.

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