Strong's Concordance Behemoth: a kind of animal Original Word: בְּהֵמוֹתPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: Behemoth Phonetic Spelling: (be-hay-mohth') Short Definition: Behemoth Brown-Driver-Briggs בְּהֵמוֺת noun masculine behemoth, i.e. hippopotamus (apparently plural intensive of foregoing; according to Di Job 40:15 compare De Isaiah 30:6 from an (assumed) Egyptain p-ehemau, ox of the water) Job 40:15 (on identity, compare further BoHieroz. iii. 705); probably also Psalm 73:22 בְּהֵמוֺת הָיִיתִי עִמָּ֑ךְ a behemoth was I with (toward) thee (so Hi De; Che beasts); according to De Or also in בַּהֲמוֺת Isaiah 30:6 the burden of the behemoth of the south (supposed to be a designation of Egypt; but this unlikely, compare Che Di, read therefore) rather beasts of the south, namely of Judah. בהן (compare Arabic Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Behemoth In form a plural or bhemah, but really a singular of Egyptian derivation; a water-ox, i.e. The hippopotamus or Nile- horse -- Behemoth. see HEBREW bhemah Forms and Transliterations בְ֭הֵמוֹת בהמות ḇə·hê·mō·wṯ ḇəhêmōwṯ VehemotLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 9301 Occurrence ḇə·hê·mō·wṯ — 1 Occ. Job 40:15 HEB: הִנֵּה־ נָ֣א בְ֭הֵמוֹת אֲשֶׁר־ עָשִׂ֣יתִי NAS: Behold now, Behemoth, which I made KJV: Behold now behemoth, which I made INT: Behold now Behemoth which made |
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IV. shut, cover (see foregoing) whence also 
= בֹּהֶן; as closing and covering the hand, compare Lane).