Lexical Definition

‎בְּהֵמָה‎ bᵉhêmâh (be-hay-maw') animal ^H:N-F
from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)

beast, cattle.

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

1) beast, cattle, animal
1a) beasts (coll of all animals)
1b) cattle, livestock (of domestic animals)
1c) wild beasts

See Greek: θηρίον · κτῆνος · τετράπους

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בְּהֵמָה‎₁₈₇ noun feminine beast, animal, cattle (Arabic ) — ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ Gen 1:24 + 137 t.; construct ‎בֶּהֱמַת‎ Num 3:41 (twice in verse) + 10 t.; suffix ‎בְּהֶמְתְּךָ‎ Lev 19:19 + 4 t.; ‎בְּהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָ‎ Exod 20:10 + 4 t.; ‎בְּהֶמְתּוֺ‎ Gen 36:6; Prov 12:10 plural absolute ‎בְּהֵמוֺת‎ Deut 32:24 + 6 t. + Ps 73:22 (see below); construct ‎בַּהֲמוֺת‎ Ps 8:8* + 5 t.; — beast, & collective beasts (Gen 8:1 + very often)

1. of living creatures other than man (‎אָדָם‎) Gen 8:1; Exod 8:13*; Exod 8:14*; Exod 9:9; Exod 9:10; Exod 9:22; Exod 22:18*; Lev 18:23 (twice in verse) (where ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ is male, so Lev 20:16) Deut 27:21; Ps 36:7* etc.; ‎׳‎‎מֵאָדָם וְעַד בּ‎ (‎׳‎‎בּ‎ including all the larger animals) Exod 9:25; Exod 12:12; Ps 135:8; Jer 50:3 etc.; as inferior to man Job 18:3; Ps 49:13*; Ps 49:21*, so also Eccl 3:18; Eccl 3:19 (twice in verse); Eccl 3:21 opposed to also birds & reptiles Gen 6:7; Gen 7:23; Gen 8:17 compare Ezek 44:31 etc.; also to fishes 1Kgs 5:13*; Job 12:7 compare vJob 12:8, Ps 8:9*; Zeph 1:3.

2. opposed to also to wild beasts ‎חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ‎, ‎הַשָּׂדֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Gen 1:24; Gen 1:25; Gen 1:26; Gen 2:20; Gen 3:14; Gen 7:14; Gen 7:21; Gen 9:10; Ps 50:10; Ps 148:10; Isa 46:1 etc.; especially therefore cattle, as owned and used by man, Gen 47:18 (‎׳‎‎מִקְנֵה הַבּ‎) Exod 20:10 = Deut 5:14; Lev 19:19; Lev 26:22; Num 3:41 (twice in verse); Num 3:45 (twice in verse); Deut 2:35; Deut 11:15; Jonah 4:11; Zech 2:8*; Zech 8:10; Zech 14:15; Neh 10:37* etc.; in one (late) passage of animal for riding (horse ? mule ?) Neh 2:12 (twice in verse); Neh 2:14.

3. rarely of wild beasts, especially carnivora, ‎יַעַר‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ Mic 5:7* ‎הָאָרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ Deut 28:26; Isa 18:6 (twice in verse); Jer 7:33; Jer 15:3; Jer 16:4; Jer 19:7; Jer 34:20 ‎הַשָּׂדֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ 1Sam 17:44 alone, Prov 30:30 ‎שֶׁןבְּֿהֵמוֺת‎ Deut 32:24 ‎׳‎‎שֹׁד בּ‎ Hab 2:17. — On ‎בְּהֵמוֺת‎ Ps 73:22 compare below

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