Hebrew noun (feminine) · H929
בְּהֵמָה
behemahbe-hay-maw'
animal
190 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bᵉhêmâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H929is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 27 of 39Old Testament books
- 97spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H929
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
The King James renders it: beast, cattle.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
behemah is rendered "animal". It stands 190 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-seven books.
- Thirty-one of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
- The Greek text spells it ninety-seven different ways.
The first use
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
Genesis 1:24בְּהֵמָ֥ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty-seven of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the animal23
- animal19
- the livestock19
- livestock13
- and animal11
- an animal8
- livestock your7
- and among the livestock6
- animals6
- and for animal of4
- and livestock4
- and the livestock4
and 53 more, 190 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 190, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
97 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּהֵמָ֑ה9
- בְּהֵמָ֖ה8
- הַבְּהֵמָה֙8
- הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה8
- הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה7
- בְּהֵמָֽה׃5
- הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה5
- הַבְּהֵמָ֑ה5
- וּבְהֵמָֽה׃5
- בְּהֵמָ֔ה4
- וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה4
- וּבְהֵמָ֖ה4
and 85 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular43HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular41HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular17HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular15HC/Rd/Ncfsa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular10HRd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)7HC/R/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine plural6HNcfpa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular6HNcfsc/Sp2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular5HC/Td/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular5HR/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)4HNcfpc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcfsc
Genesis
twenty-one uses
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
- בְּהֵמָ֥הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
- הַבְּהֵמָה֙habehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
- וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙uvabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and over the livestock
The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
- הַבְּהֵמָה֙habehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֔הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
- בְּהֵמָ֔הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
- הַבְּהֵמָה֙habehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
- הַבְּהֵמָ֣הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
- הַבְּהֵמָ֡הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
- הַבְּהֵמָה֙habehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
- הַ֨בְּהֵמָ֔הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
- הַבְּהֵמָה֙habehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
- וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙uvabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and among the livestock
And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
- בְּהֵמָה֙behemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֔הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
- וּבַבְּהֵמָ֛הuvabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and among the livestock
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֣הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
- בַּבְּהֵמָ֛הbabehemahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: among the livestock
Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”
- בְּהֶמְתָּ֔םbehemtamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: animal their
Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.
- בְּהֶמְתּ֗וֹbehemtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: animal his
When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֖הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the cattle
Exodus
eighteen uses
This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
- וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑הuvabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and on the livestock
The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
- וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃uvabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and on the livestock
It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”
- הַבְּהֵמָ֗הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.
- וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃uvabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and on the livestock
So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”
- וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜הvehabehemahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the livestock
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
- הַבְּהֵמָ֗הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.
- בְּהֵמָ֑הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.
- בְּהֵמָֽה׃behemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
- בְּהֵמָ֑הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
- בְּהֵמָ֑הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
- בְּהֵמָֽה׃behemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
- וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑הuvabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and among the livestock
you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.
- בְּהֵמָ֗הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: cattle
And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’
- בְּהֵמָ֑הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”
- בְּהֵמָ֥הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
- וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔֗ךָuvehemtekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and livestock your
If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,
- בְּהֵמָ֖הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.
- בְּהֵמָ֖הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
Leviticus
thirty-one uses
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֗הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.
- בְּהֵמָ֣הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”
- בִּבְהֵמָ֣הbivhemahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in livestock
If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which an offering made by fire may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
- הַ֨בְּהֵמָ֔הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.
- וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה׃velabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and of the livestock
“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
- הַבְּהֵמָ֖הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
- בַּבְּהֵמָ֑הbabehemahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: among the animal
Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֡הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֔הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.
- הַבְּהֵמָה֙habehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
- בְּהֵמָ֛הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
- בְהֵמָ֛הvehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
- בְּהֶמְתְּךָ֙behemtekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: livestock your
If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.
- בִּבְהֵמָ֖הbivhemahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in an animal
- הַבְּהֵמָ֖הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill both the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
- בְּהֵמָה֙behemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
- הַבְּהֵמָ֑הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֤הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
- בַּבְּהֵמָ֣הbabehemahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: by the animal
Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.
- בְּהֵמָ֖הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
- בְהֵמָ֖הvehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
and for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its growth may serve as food.
- וְלִ֨בְהֶמְתְּךָ֔velivhemtekhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and to livestock your
I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
- בְּהֶמְתְּכֶ֔םbehemtekhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: livestock your
If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.
- בְּהֵמָ֔הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.
- בְּהֵמָה֙behemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
- בִּבְהֵמָ֔הbivhemahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for an animal
But if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest.
- בְּהֵמָ֣הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
- הַבְּהֵמָ֖הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.
- בִּבְהֵמָ֔הbivhemahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: among livestock
But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
- בַּבְּהֵמָ֤הbabehemahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: among the livestock
Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
- וּבְהֵמָה֙uvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and livestock
Numbers
fifteen uses
for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are Mine; I am the LORD.”
- בְּהֵמָ֑הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
You are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”
- בֶּהֱמַ֣תbehematnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: livestock of
- בְּבֶהֱמַ֖תbevehematpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: among livestock of
“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.
- בֶּהֱמַ֥תbehematnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: livestock of
- בְּהֶמְתָּ֑םbehemtamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: livestock their
For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.
- וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑הuvabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and among the livestock
The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.
- וּבַבְּהֵמָ֖הuvabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and among the animal
- הַבְּהֵמָ֥הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.
- בְּהֶמְתָּ֧םbehemtamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: cattle their
and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.
- וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃uvabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and among the livestock
“You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast.
- וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑הuvabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and among the livestock
From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
- הַבְּהֵמָ֑הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֑הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.
- בְּהֶמְתֵּ֑נוּbehemtenunoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: cattle our
The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
- לִבְהֶמְתָּם֙livhemtampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: for cattle their
Deuteronomy
eighteen uses
We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֖הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֛הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,
- בְּהֵמָ֖הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
- בְּהֶמְתֶּ֗ךָbehemtekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: livestock your
You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.
- וּבִבְהֶמְתֶּֽךָ׃uvivhemtekhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and among livestock your
And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.
- לִבְהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָlivhemtekhapreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: for cattle your
you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
- בְּהֶמְתָּ֖הּbehemtahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: livestock its
These are the animals that you may eat: The ox, the sheep, the goat,
- הַבְּהֵמָ֖הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
- בְּהֵמָ֞הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
- בַּבְּהֵמָ֑הbabehemahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: among the animal
But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.
- וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜הvehabehemahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the livestock
‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- בְּהֵמָ֑הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
- בְהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָvehemtekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: livestock your
The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
- בְהַמְתְּךָ֖vehamtekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: livestock your
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
- וּלְבֶהֱמַ֣תulevehematconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and for animal of
They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.
- בְהֶמְתְּךָ֥vehemtekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: livestock your
So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your goodness, as He delighted in that of your fathers,
- בְהֶמְתְּךָ֛vehemtekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: livestock your
They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
- בְּהֵמוֹת֙behemotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: animals
Joshua
four uses
And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
- וּבְהֶמְתָּ֖הּuvehemtahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and livestock its
Israel took for themselves only the cattle and plunder of that city, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֗הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.
- וְהַבְּהֵמָ֔הvehabehemahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the cattle
at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”
- לִבְהֶמְתֵּֽנוּ׃livhemtenupreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: for livestock our
Judges
one use
And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
- בְּהֵמָ֔הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
1 Samuel
one use
“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
- וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥תulevehematconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to animal of
1 Kings
two uses
He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֣הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
- מֵהַבְּהֵמָֽה׃mehabehemahpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: any of the livestock
2 Kings
two uses
So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
- וְלַבְּהֵמָ֖הvelabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and to the animal
For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’
- וּֽבְהֶמְתְּכֶֽם׃uvehemtekhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and animal your
2 Chronicles
two uses
He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks.
- בְּהֵמָ֣הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
- וּבְהֵמָ֔הuvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and livestock
Ezra
two uses
And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”
- וּבִבְהֵמָ֑הuvivhemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and with cattle
And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.
- וּבַבְּהֵמָ֖הuvabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and with the cattle
Nehemiah
five uses
I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
- וּבְהֵמָה֙uvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and an animal
- הַבְּהֵמָ֔הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;
- לַבְּהֵמָ֖הlabehemahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: for the animal
Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
- וּבִבְהֶמְתֵּ֙נוּ֙uvivhemtenuconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and over cattle our
And we will bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.
- וּבְהֶמְתֵּ֔ינוּuvehemteinuconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and cattle our
Job
three uses
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
- בְהֵמ֣וֹתvehemotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: animals
Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
- כַבְּהֵמָ֑הkhabehemahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: like the cattle
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
- מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹתmibahamotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: more than animals of
Psalms
eleven uses
all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,
- בַּהֲמ֥וֹתbahamotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animals of
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
- וּבְהֵמָ֖הuvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
- כַּבְּהֵמ֣וֹתkabehemotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: like the animals
A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
- כַּבְּהֵמ֣וֹתkabehemotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: like the animals
for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
- בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹתbehemotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: animals
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
- בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹתbehemotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: animals
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
- לַבְּהֵמָ֗הlabehemahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: for the cattle
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
- וּ֝בְהֶמְתָּ֗םuvehemtamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and cattle their
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
- בְּהֵמָֽה׃behemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
- לִבְהֵמָ֣הlivhemahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to animal
wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,
- בְּהֵמָ֑הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
Proverbs
two uses
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
- בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹbehemtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: animals his
a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
- בַּבְּהֵמָ֑הbabehemahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: among the animal
Ecclesiastes
four uses
I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
- בְּהֵמָ֥הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֗הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
- הַבְּהֵמָה֙habehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
- הַבְּהֵמָ֔הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
Isaiah
five uses
They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
- וּֽלְבֶהֱמַ֖תulevehematconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to animal of
- בֶּהֱמַ֥תbehematnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
- בַּהֲמ֣וֹתbahamotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animals of
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
- וְלַבְּהֵמָ֑הvelabehemahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and to the cattle
Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.
- כַּבְּהֵמָה֙kabehemahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: like the livestock
Jeremiah
eighteen uses
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֔הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
- וּלְבֶהֱמַ֣תulevehematconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and for animal of
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
- בְּהֵמָ֔הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
- בְהֵמוֹת֙vehemotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: animals
I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
- בֶּהֱמַ֥תbehematnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
- וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥תulevehematconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and for animal of
And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
- וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥תulevehematconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to animal of
I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’
- הַבְּהֵמָ֑הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
- הַבְּהֵמָה֙habehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.
- בְּהֵמָֽה׃behemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’
- וּבְהֵמָ֔הuvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and an animal
This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
- בְּהֵמָ֑הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
- בְּהֵמָֽה׃behemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.
- בְּהֵמָ֖הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
- וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥תulevehematconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and for animal of
You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
- וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ סuvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”
- בְּהֵמָ֖הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’
- בְּהֵמָ֑הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
Ezekiel
twelve uses
So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.
- וּבְהֵמָה֙uvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
- וּבְהֵמָֽה׃uvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
- וּבְהֵמָֽה׃uvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
- וּבְהֵמָֽה׃uvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
- וּבְהֵמָֽה׃uvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
- וּבְהֵמָ֑הuvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.
- וּבְהֵמָֽה׃uvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.
- בְּהֵמָ֖הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
I will slaughter all her cattle beside the abundant waters. No human foot will muddy them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.
- בְּהֶמְתָּ֔הּbehemtahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: livestock its
- בְּהֵמָ֖הbehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- וּבְהֵמָ֖הuvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֑הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
Joel
three uses
How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
- בְהֵמָ֗הvehemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: livestock
Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
- בַּהֲמ֥וֹתbahamotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animals of
Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
- בַּהֲמ֣וֹתbahamotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O animals of
Jonah
three uses
Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.
- וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜הvehabehemahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the livestock
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
- וְהַבְּהֵמָ֔הvehabehemahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the livestock
So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
- וּבְהֵמָ֖הuvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and livestock
Micah
one use
Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.
- בְּבַהֲמ֣וֹתbevahamotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: among animals of
Habakkuk
one use
For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
- בְּהֵמ֖וֹתbehemotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: animals
Zephaniah
one use
“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
- וּבְהֵמָ֗הuvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
Haggai
one use
I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”
- הַבְּהֵמָ֔הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
Zechariah
three uses
and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
- וּבְהֵמָ֖הuvehemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and livestock
For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֖הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.
- הַבְּהֵמָ֔הhabehemahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the livestock
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
