Behemoth
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Name (Hebrew)
בהמות (מיתולוגיה יהודית)
Name (Latin)
Behemoth
Name (Arabic)
البهيموث
Other forms of name
Behemot
See Also From tracing topical name
Monsters in the Bible
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q378477
Library of congress:
sh2006000505
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 2006000308: Whitney, K. W., Jr. Two strange beasts, 2006.
- Bible. O.T. Job XL, 15(Behemot)
- Encyc. Judaica(creature described in the book of Job XL, 15-24; apparently an existing animal (hippopotamus?) with some legendary details; it appears as a purely mythical creature in later Jewish literature)
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Ill dict infernal p0100-86 behemoth
Louis Le Breton, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Behemoth (; Hebrew: בְּהֵמוֹת, bəhēmōṯ) is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful entity.
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