"בהמות" meaning in Hebrew

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  "etymology_text": "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).\nThis 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.\nThe first approach is taken by the Septuagint (θηρία (thēría)) and by the Targum (בעיריא), both translating the word as “beasts”.\nThe 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.\nIt 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).\nThe identification with the hippopotamus became common in languages such as Russian бегемот (begemot), and eventually made its way into Modern Hebrew.",
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    {
      "form": "בְּהֵמוֹת",
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    },
    {
      "form": "behemót",
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "behemoth"
      ],
      "id": "en-בהמות-he-noun-DyMZKGwo",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "hippopotamus"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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          "hippopotamus"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    "Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
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    "Pages with 2 entries",
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  "etymology_text": "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).\nThis 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.\nThe first approach is taken by the Septuagint (θηρία (thēría)) and by the Targum (בעיריא), both translating the word as “beasts”.\nThe 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.\nIt 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).\nThe identification with the hippopotamus became common in languages such as Russian бегемот (begemot), and eventually made its way into Modern Hebrew.",
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    },
    {
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
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