בהמה
Hebrew
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎁𐎅𐎎𐎚 (bhmt); Arabic بَهِيمَة (bahīma); Ge'ez [script needed] (baham, “to be dumb”).
Noun
בְּהֵמָה • (behemá) f (plural indefinite בְּהֵמוֹת) [pattern: קְטֵלָה]
- beast, animal (usually domesticated), livestock
- 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, 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
Ladino
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (behemá).
Noun
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Yiddish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (behemá).
Noun
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
- (cow): קו (ku)