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# behemoth

«behemoth» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A huge animal in the Bible, often thought to be like a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A huge animal in the Bible, often thought to be like a great ox or hippopotamus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behemoth/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A mighty creature that God points to in the Book of Job, a beast that eats grass like an ox but is enormously strong. Interpretation: Tradition sees the behemoth as a sign of God's power in creation, too great for humans to control. Some rabbinic stories say it will be food for the righteous in the world to come.

### examples

- Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. (Writings JOB.40.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behemoth/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1109/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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