"בהמות" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Aramaic]

Head templates: {{head|arc|noun|g=m}} בהמות • (transliteration needed) m
  1. behemoth Categories (topical): Mythological creatures

Noun [Hebrew]

IPA: /beheˈmot/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-בהמות.wav Forms: בְּהֵמוֹת [canonical], behemót [romanization]
Etymology: In form, it is a plural of בהמה (behemá), but in Job 40:15-24, the word is accompanied by verbs and adjectives in the singular (describing a big and powerful beast). This fact can be explained either be assuming a pluralis excellentiae, a method of expressing greatness by pluralizing a noun, or by assuming a word in the singular. The first approach is taken by the Septuagint (θηρία (thēría)) and by the Targum (בעיריא), both translating the word as “beasts”. The second approach is taken by the Midrash (Leviticus Rabbah 13:3), describing the בהמות as a great beast, and probably also by the Peshitta, transliterating the word rather than translating it: ܒܗܡܘܬ. It has been suggested by modern scholars to be a loanword from Egyptian pA-i-H-E1-mw (*pꜣ-jḥ-mw), an unattested word that would have meant “the ox of the water”, i.e. hippopotamus, from pꜣ (“definite article”) + jḥ (“ox, cattle”) + mw (“water”) in a direct genitive construction; for the pronunciation, cf. the later Coptic descendants ⲡ- (p-) + ⲉϩⲉ (ehe) + ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou). Etymology templates: {{m|he|בהמה|tr=behemá}} בהמה (behemá), {{m|grc|θηρία}} θηρία (thēría), {{m|egy|*pꜣ-jḥ-mw}} *pꜣ-jḥ-mw, {{m|egy|*pꜣ-jḥ-mw|<hiero>pA-i-H-E1-mw</hiero>|tr=<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">*pꜣ-jḥ-mw</i>}} pA-i-H-E1-mw (*pꜣ-jḥ-mw), {{m|egy|pꜣ||definite article}} pꜣ (“definite article”), {{m|egy|jḥ||ox, cattle}} jḥ (“ox, cattle”), {{m|egy|mw||water}} mw (“water”), {{m|cop|ⲡ-}} ⲡ- (p-), {{m|cop|ⲉϩⲉ}} ⲉϩⲉ (ehe), {{m|cop|ⲙⲟⲟⲩ}} ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|tr=behemót|wv=בְּהֵמוֹת}} בְּהֵמוֹת • (behemót) m
  1. (Biblical Hebrew) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: Tags: Biblical-Hebrew
    Sense id: en-בהמות-he-noun-I6wWwGKf Categories (other): Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew terms with uncertain meaning, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 43 42 16 Disambiguation of Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת: 35 35 30
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    a water ox, that is, the hippopotamus or Nile horse.
    Tags: Biblical-Hebrew
    Sense id: en-בהמות-he-noun-HDIEgayo Categories (other): Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew terms with uncertain meaning, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 43 42 16 Disambiguation of Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת: 35 35 30
  3. behemoth, a great and mighty beast.
    Sense id: en-בהמות-he-noun-krTQY0e8 Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 43 42 16 Disambiguation of Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת: 35 35 30

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