בהמה

Hebrew

Pronunciation

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]

  1. beast, animal (usually domesticated), livestock
  2. beast, a person who behaves in an uncivilized manner

Descendants

See also

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
  • Koehler, Ludwig; Walter, Baumgartner (1994–2000) The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Leiden: Brill

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (behemá).

Noun

בהמה f (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling beemá)

  1. animal, beast
  2. head of cattle

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (behemá).

Noun

בהמה (beheyme) f, plural בהמות (beheymes)

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

Synonyms

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