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בְּהֵמָה

behemah

be-hay-maw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: bᵉhêmâh

properly, a dumb beast

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

Rendered in the KJV as

beast, cattle.

  • 190
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 27 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 97
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 190 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 97

  • בְּהֵמָ֑ה9
  • בְּהֵמָ֖ה8
  • הַבְּהֵמָה֙8
  • הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה8
  • הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה7
  • בְּהֵמָֽה׃5
  • הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה5
  • הַבְּהֵמָ֑ה5
  • וּבְהֵמָֽה׃5
  • בְּהֵמָ֔ה4
  • וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה4
  • וּבְהֵמָ֖ה4

and 85 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 72

  • the livestock19
  • the animal[s]15
  • livestock12
  • animal11
  • an animal8
  • and animal[s]8
  • animal[s]7
  • livestock your7
  • the animal7
  • and among the livestock6
  • and for [the] animal[s] of4
  • and livestock4

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 32

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular43
  • noun · feminine singular41
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular17
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular15
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular10
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)7
  • noun · feminine plural6
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular6
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular5
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular5
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)4
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HTd/Ncfsa · 43
  • HNcfsa · 41
  • HC/Ncfsa · 17
  • HC/Rd/Ncfsa · 15
  • HRd/Ncfsa · 10
  • HC/R/Ncfsc · 7
  • HNcfpa · 6
  • HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 6
  • HC/Td/Ncfsa · 5
  • HR/Ncfsa · 5
  • HNcfpc · 4
  • HNcfsc · 4

All 190, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis21 occurrences
Exodus18 occurrences
Leviticus31 occurrences
Numbers15 occurrences
Deuteronomy18 occurrences
Joshua4 occurrences
Judges1 occurrence
1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Kings2 occurrences
2 Kings2 occurrences
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
Ezra2 occurrences
Nehemiah5 occurrences
Job3 occurrences
Psalms11 occurrences
Proverbs2 occurrences
Ecclesiastes4 occurrences
Isaiah5 occurrences
Jeremiah18 occurrences
Ezekiel12 occurrences
Joel3 occurrences
Jonah3 occurrences
Micah1 occurrence
Habakkuk1 occurrence
Zephaniah1 occurrence
Haggai1 occurrence
Zechariah3 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).