• בֶּֽהָלָה S 928 TWOT 207a GK 988 n.f. dismay, sudden terror or ruin ( cf.
Assyrian bêltu, terror , Dl Pr 32) — בּ׳ abs. Lv 26:16 + 2 times; pl. וּכֶֽהָלֹות Je 15:8 ;— sudden terror Lv 26:16 וְהִפְקַדְתִּ˜י עֲלֵיכֶם בּ׳ (appositives follow); cf. Je 15: 8; Is 65:23 לֹא יֵֽלְדוּ לַבֶּהָלָה , ψ 78:33 יְמֵיהֶ˜ם וּשְׁנֹותָם בַּבֶּהָלֶה וַיְכַל־בַּהֶבֶל and he ended their days in a breath, and their years in sudden terror.
בהם TWOT 208 ( Arabic بﻩم (bhm) IV. shut, X. impeded in speech, tongue-tied; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( bəhma ) be dumb ) .
בְּהֵמָה S 929 TWOT 208a GK 989187 n.f. beast, animal, cattle ( Arabic بَﻩِيمَةٌ ( bahīmatun ) ) — בּ׳ Gn 1:24 + 137 times; cstr. בֶּהֱמַת Nu 3:41 (×2) + 10 times; sf. בְּהֶמְתְּךָ Lv 19:19 + 4 times; בְּהֶמְתֶּ˜ךָ Ex 20:10 + 4 times; בְּהֶמְתֹּו Gn 36:6 Pr 12:1 0; pl. abs. בְּהֵמֹות Dt 32:24 + 6 times + ψ 73:22 ( v. infr .); cstr. בַּהֲמֹות ψ 8:8 + 5 times;— beast , & coll. beasts ( Gn 8:1 + very often) 1. of living creatures other than man ( אָדָם ) Gn 8:1 Ex 8:1 3, 14 ; 9:9 , 10 , 22 ; 22:18 Lv 18:23 (×2) (where בּ׳ is male, S 20:16 ) Dt 27:21 ψ 36:7 etc.; מֵאָדָם וְעַד בּ׳ ( בּ׳ including all the larger animals) Ex 9:25 ; 12:12 ψ 135:8 Je 50:3 etc.; as inferior to man Jb 18:2 ψ 49:13 , 21 , so also Ec 3:18 , 19 (×2), 21 ;
opp.
also birds & reptiles
Gn 6:7
;
7:23
;
8:17
cf.
Ez 44:31
etc.; also to fishes
1 K 5:13 Jb 12:7
cf.
v
8,
ψ 8:9
Zp 1:
3.
2.
opp.
also to wild beasts
חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ
,
ח׳ הַשָּׂדֶה
Gn 1:2
4,
25
,
26
;
2:20
;
3:14
;
7:14
,
21
;
9:10
ψ 50:10
;
148:10 Is 46:1
etc.; especially therefore
cattle
, as owned and used by man,
Gn 47:18
(
מִקְנֵה הַבּ׳
)
Ex 20:10
=
Dt 5:1
4,
Lv 19:19
;
26:22 Nu 3:41
(×2) 45
(×2) Dt 2:3
5;
11:15 Jon 4:11 Zc 2
8;
8:10
;
14:15 Ezr 1:
4,
6 Ne 9:3
7;
10:37
etc.; in one (late) passage of animal for riding (horse? mule?)
Ne 2:12
(×2),
14
.
3.
rarely of
wild beasts
, especially carnivora,
בּ׳ יַעַר
Mi 5:
7;
בּ׳ הָאָרֶץ
Dt 28:26 Is 18:6
(×2) Je 7:3
3;
15:3
;
16:4
;
19:7 34:2
0;
בּ׳ הַשָּׂרֶה
1 S 17:4
4; alone,
Pr 30:30
;
שֶׁן־בְּהֵמֹות
Dt 32:2
4;
שֹׁד בּ׳
Hb 2:1
7.—On
בְּהֵמֹות
ψ 73:22
cf.
infr.
• בְּהֵמֹות S 930 TWOT 208b GK 990 n.m. behemoth , i.e. hippopotamus ( appar. pl. intens. of foreg.; according to Di Jb 40:15 cf. De Is 30:6 from an (assumed)
opp. opposite, as opposed to, or contrasted with.