בהמה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ב־ה־ם (b-h-m)
1 term

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

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /beheˈma/

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Noun

בְּהֵמָה • (behemá) f (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

Declension of בְּהֵמָה

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	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

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

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
• “בהמה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (behemá).

Noun

בהמה f (Latin spelling beemá)

1. animal, beast
2. head of cattle

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (behemá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈhɛɪ̯mə/

Noun

בהמה • (beheyme) f, 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

• (cow): קו (ku)