beemá

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (behemá).

Noun

beemá f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling בהמה)

1. animal, beast
2. head of cattle

Further reading

• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “beemá, bemá”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 85
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “beemá”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 63
• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “beħemá”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC