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בהמה

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ב־ה־ם (b-h-m)

Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎁𐎅𐎎𐎚 (bhmt); Arabic بَهِيمَة (bahīma); Ge'ez ባሃመ (baham, to be dumb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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בְּהֵמָה (behemáf (plural indefinite בְּהֵמוֹת, singular construct בֶּהֱמַת־, plural construct בַּהֲמוֹת־) [pattern: קְטֵלָה]

  1. beast, animal (usually domesticated), livestock
  2. beast, a person who behaves in an uncivilized manner
    Synonym: (slang) וָואחְשׁ (wakhsh)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • English: behemoth
  • Russian: бегемот (begemot)
  • Yiddish: בהמה (beheyme)

See also

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (behemá).

Noun

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בהמה f (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling beemá)

  1. animal, beast
  2. head of cattle

Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (behemá).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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בהמה (beheymef, plural בהמות (beheymes)

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

Synonyms

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