--- title: בְּהֵמָה — beast · The Tanakh dictionary description: בְּהֵמָה (929), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 190 times: beast. BDB 1906: n.f. beast, animal, cattle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/929.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489.md)‎ / בְּהֵמָה‎ # בְּהֵמָה «בְּהֵמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **beast** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 190 times · **Key:** 929 · **BDB:** בְּהֵמָה ### Glosses livestock (60); animal\[s\] (36); animal (23) ### Meaning (OSHB) beast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/929/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. beast, animal, cattle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/929/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. beast, animal, cattle (Arabic بَهِيمَةٌ )—בּ׳ Gn 1:24 + 137 times; cstr. בֶּהֱמַת Nu 3:41(×2) + 10 times; sf. בְּהֶמְתְּךָ Lv 19:19 + 4 times; בְּהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָ Ex 20:10 + 4 times; בְּהֶמְתּוֹ Gn 36:6 Pr 12:10; pl. abs. בְּהֵמוֹת Dt 32:24 + 6 times + ψ 73:22 (v. infr.); cstr. בַּהֲמוֹת ψ 8:8 + 5 times;—beast, \& coll. beasts (Gn 8:1 + very often) of living creatures other than man (אָדָם) Gn 8:1 Ex 8:13, 14; 9:9, 10, 22; 22:18 Lv 18:23(×2) (where בּ׳ is male, S 20:16) Dt 27:21 ψ 36:7 etc.; מֵאָדָם וְעַד בּ׳ (בּ׳ including all the larger animals) Ex 9:25; 12:12 ψ 135:8 Je 50:3 etc.; as inferior to man Jb 18:2 ψ 49:13, 21, so also Ec 3:18, 19(×2), 21; opp. also birds \& reptiles Gn 6:7; 7:23; 8:17 cf. Ez 44:31 etc.; also to fishes 1 K 5:13 Jb 12:7 cf. v 8, ψ 8:9 Zp 1:3. opp. also to wild beasts חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ, ח׳ הַשָּׂדֶה Gn 1:24, 25, 26; 2:20; 3:14; 7:14, 21; 9:10 ψ 50:10; 148:10 Is 46:1 etc.; especially therefore cattle, as owned and used by man, Gn 47:18 (מִקְנֵה הַבּ׳) Ex 20:10 = Dt 5:14, Lv 19:19; 26:22 Nu 3:41(×2) 45(×2) Dt 2:35; 11:15 Jon 4:11 Zc 2:8; 8:10; 14:15 Ezr 1:4, 6 Ne 9:37; 10:37 etc.; in one (late) passage of animal for riding (horse? mule?) Ne 2:12(×2), 14. rarely of wild beasts, especially carnivora, בּ׳ יַעַר Mi 5:7; בּ׳ הָאָרֶץ Dt 28:26 Is 18:6(×2) Je 7:33; 15:3; 16:4; 19:7 34:20; בּ׳ הַשָּׂרֶה 1 S 17:44; alone, Pr 30:30; שֶׁן־בְּהֵמוֹת Dt 32:24; שֹׁד בּ׳ Hb 2:17.—On בְּהֵמוֹת ψ 73:22 cf. infr. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 72 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «בְּהֵמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/929/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Exodus 22:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.18/) כָּל־שֹׁכֵ֥ב עִם־בְּהֵמָ֖ה מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃ס *Word for word:* any \[one.who\].lies with an.animal surely.(die) he.will.be.put.to.death *JPS 1917:* Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. [Psalms 135:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.135.8/) שֶֽׁ֭הִכָּה בְּכוֹרֵ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם מֵ֝אָדָ֗ם עַד־בְּהֵמָֽה׃ *Word for word:* who he.struck.down the.firstborn(s) of.Egypt from humankind unto animal\[s\] *JPS 1917:* Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast. - ← previous: [בֶּהָלָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/928.md) - next →: [בְּהֵמוֹת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/930.md) - ↑ back to [ב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1489.md)