בהמה
(Redirected from בּהמה)
Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Root |
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ב־ה־ם (b-h-m) |
Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎁𐎅𐎎𐎚 (bhmt); Arabic بَهِيمَة (bahīma); Ge'ez ባሃመ (baham, “to be dumb”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /beheˈma/
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
בְּהֵמָה • (behemá) f (plural indefinite בְּהֵמוֹת, singular construct בֶּהֱמַת־, plural construct בַּהֲמוֹת־) [pattern: קְטֵלָה]
- beast, animal (usually domesticated), livestock
- beast, a person who behaves in an uncivilized manner
Declension[edit]
Declension of בְּהֵמָה
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | בְּהֵמָה | first | בְּהֶמְתִּי | בְּהֶמְתֵּנוּ | ||
definite | הַבְּהֵמָה | second | בְּהֶמְתְּךָ | בְּהֶמְתֵּךְ | בְּהֶמְתְּכֶם | בְּהֶמְתְּכֶן | |
construct | בֶּהֱמַת־ | third | בְּהֶמְתּוֹ | בְּהֶמְתָּהּ | בְּהֶמְתָּם | בְּהֶמְתָּן | |
plural | indefinite | בְּהֵמוֹת | first | בהמותיי / בַּהֲמוֹתַי | בַּהֲמוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַבְּהֵמוֹת | second | בַּהֲמוֹתֶיךָ | בהמותייך / בַּהֲמוֹתַיִךְ | בַּהֲמוֹתֵיכֶם | בַּהֲמוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | בַּהֲמוֹת־ | third | בַּהֲמוֹתָיו | בַּהֲמוֹתֶיהָ | בַּהֲמוֹתָם | בַּהֲמוֹתָן |
Descendants[edit]
- English: behemoth
See also[edit]
- חַיָּה (ḥayyá)
References[edit]
- 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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Koehler, Ludwig, Walter, Baumgartner (1994–2000) The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Leiden: Brill
- “בהמה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Ladino[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (behemá).
Noun[edit]
בהמה f (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling beemá)
Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (behemá).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
בהמה • (beheyme) f, plural בהמות (beheymes)
- cow, head of cattle
- animal, beast
- (derogatory) beast, brute (person who acts in an uncivilised manner)
- (derogatory) imbecile
Synonyms[edit]
- (cow): קו (ku)
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