Hebrew

Noun

בְּהֵמָה • ‎(behemá) f ‎(plural indefinite בהמות) [pattern: קְטֵלָה]

1. dumb beast
2. (Biblical Hebrew) quadruped domestic animals, esp. of a horned species
3. (Biblical Hebrew) cattle, large or small (e.g. cows or sheep)
4. beast, a person who behaves in an uncivilized manner

Descendants

• English: behemoth

See Also

• חַיָּה ‎(ḥayyá)

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• “H929”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Koehler, Ludwig; Walter, Baumgartner (1994–2000) The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Leiden: Brill

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּהֵמָה ‎(behemá).

Noun

בהמה f ‎(Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling beemá)

1. animal, beast
2. head of cattle

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּהֵמָה ‎(behemá).

Noun

בהמה • ‎(beheyme) f, plural בהמות ‎(beheymes)

1. cow, head of cattle
2. animal, beast
3. beast (person who acts in an uncivilised manner)

Synonyms

• (cow): קו ‎(ku)