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# beast

«beast» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a large, wild or frightening animal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a beast, beasts); (slang) adjective-like use

### meaning for a pupil

1) A beast is a large, wild or frightening animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#m1)

2) A beast is a cruel or nasty person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#m2)

3) (informal) A beast is something very big, powerful or difficult: «That maths test was a beast.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#m3)

4) (slang) Someone who is a beast at something is amazingly good at it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#m4)

5) Beast can also be a gentle word for a small animal, such as a pet or a creature we feel sorry for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An animal, wild or tame. The Torah divides beasts into clean and unclean ones and forbids lying with them. Interpretation: The rabbis explain the clean beasts as those that chew the cud and have split hooves. The ban on lying with a beast is read as a serious crime that is punished by death. In the primary lessons: In fairy tales, «Beauty and the Beast». In the Bible (Bible), «beasts of the field» means animals; in the Book of Revelation «the beast» is an evil figure. In sport slang, «he's a beast» is praise. Phrases: «beast of burden» (an animal that carries loads).

### examples

- Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. (Torah DEU.27.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x1)
- Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. (Torah EXO.22.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x2)
- And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life. (Torah LEV.24.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x3)
- The burden of the beasts of the South. (Prophets ISA.30.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x4)
- Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens. (Writings JOB.37.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x5)
- Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast. (Writings PSA.135.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x6)
- The beast roared in the dark forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x7)
- Beauty learned the Beast was kind inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x8)
- That homework was a beast! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x9)
- She's a beast at football — she scored five goals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x10)
- Donkeys are beasts of burden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x11)
- The bully was a real beast to the younger kids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x12)
- Chuchundra is a broken-hearted little beast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/#x13)

### note

Countable. Adjective: beastly (old-fashioned UK for nasty). Slang «beast» can be praise or insult — the tone tells you.

### In the corpora

- [Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.60/)
- [(22-18) Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.634/)
- [And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.161/)
- [And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death; and ye shall slay the beast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.594/)
- [And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.727/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «beast» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beast/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.