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 →

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 →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «behemoth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.