Behemoth

German

Alternative forms

• Behemot

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew בְּהֵמוֹת (behemót).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.heˈmoːt/, /ˈbeːhe.moːt/
• Hyphenation: Be‧he‧moth

• Audio:

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Noun

Behemoth m (strong, genitive Behemoths, plural Behemoths)

1. (biblical) behemoth

Declension

Declension of Behemoth [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Behemoth	die	Behemoths
genitive	eines	des	Behemoths	der	Behemoths
dative	einem	dem	Behemoth	den	Behemoths
accusative	einen	den	Behemoth	die	Behemoths

Descendants

• → Belarusian: бегемо́т (bjehjemót)
• → Russian: бегемо́т (begemót), бегемо́тъ (begemót) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Armenian: բեգեմոտ (begemot)
  • → Bulgarian: бегемо́т (begemót)
  • → Georgian: ბეჰემოთი (behemoti)
  • → Ingrian: begemootta
  • → Kazakh: бегемот (begemot)
  • → Kyrgyz: бегемот (begemot)
  • → Turkmen: begemot
  • → Uyghur: بېگېموت (bëgëmot)
  • → Uzbek: begemot
• → Ukrainian: бегемо́т (behemót)

Further reading

• “Behemoth” in Duden online
• Behemoth (Mythologie) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de