Hebrew · H929

בְּהֵמָה

Properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

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בְּהֵמָה H929

Pronunciation bĕhēmāh

What does בְּהֵמָה (bĕhēmāh) mean in the Bible?

בְּהֵמָה (bĕhēmāh): Designates non-rational livestock or animals, emphasizing muteness and instinctual nature contrasting with human rational speech and moral agency.

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What does בְּהֵמָה (bĕhēmāh) mean in the Bible?

בְּהֵמָה (bĕhēmāh): Designates non-rational livestock or animals, emphasizing muteness and instinctual nature contrasting with human rational speech and moral agency.

How does the BSB render H929?

The BSB source-word alignment has 190 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and beast (21), beast (15), animal (14), livestock (10), animals (9).

Where does בְּהֵמָה (bĕhēmāh) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Leviticus (31), Genesis (21), Deuteronomy (18), Exodus (18).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

and beast 21× Exodus 8:17, Exodus 8:18, Exodus 9:9, Exodus 9:10

beast 15× Genesis 6:7, Exodus 9:25, Exodus 12:12, Exodus 13:15

animal 14× Genesis 7:2, Genesis 8:20, Leviticus 1:2, Leviticus 7:21

livestock 10× Genesis 1:24, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 7:21

animals 9× Genesis 7:8, Leviticus 20:25, Leviticus 27:11, Leviticus 27:27

and livestock 6× Deuteronomy 13:15, Joshua 8:2, Joshua 11:14, Ezra 1:4

or beast 6× Exodus 9:19, Exodus 11:7, Numbers 18:15, Jeremiah 32:43

the beasts 6× Leviticus 11:2, Psalms 8:7, Psalms 49:12, Psalms 49:20

the livestock 6× Genesis 1:25, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 9:10, Numbers 3:45

an animal 5× Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 18:23, Leviticus 24:18, Leviticus 24:21

of your livestock 5× Deuteronomy 5:14, Deuteronomy 28:4, Deuteronomy 28:11, Deuteronomy 28:51

. . . 4× Genesis 7:8, Genesis 47:18, Deuteronomy 14:6, 2 Chronicles 32:28

and the beasts 4× 1 Samuel 17:44, Jeremiah 7:33, Jeremiah 19:7, Jeremiah 34:20

the animals 4× Job 12:7, Ecclesiastes 3:19, Jeremiah 12:4, Zechariah 14:15

the cattle 4× Exodus 11:5, Joshua 8:27, Psalms 50:10, Joel 1:18

the animal 3× Leviticus 20:15, Leviticus 20:16, Leviticus 27:11

and animals 2× Numbers 31:11, Ezekiel 36:11

and beasts 2× Jeremiah 15:3, Jeremiah 16:4

and our livestock 2× Nehemiah 9:37, Nehemiah 10:36

beasts 2× Ecclesiastes 3:19, Jeremiah 27:5

cattle 2× Psalms 148:10, Ezekiel 32:13

of livestock 2× Leviticus 19:19, 2 Chronicles 32:28

of the livestock 2× Leviticus 27:26, Numbers 3:41

or animal 2× Leviticus 7:26, Ezekiel 44:31

or livestock 2× Exodus 20:10, Deuteronomy 7:14

a brute beast 1× Psalms 73:22

against the beasts 1× Isaiah 30:6

among beasts 1× Proverbs 30:30

among the beasts 1× Micah 5:8

among the livestock 1× Exodus 12:29

and animal 1× Genesis 6:20

and beasts of 1× Deuteronomy 28:26

and cattle 1× Isaiah 46:1

and for your livestock 1× Leviticus 25:7

and the livestock 1× Numbers 3:41

and to the beasts 1× Isaiah 18:6

and your animals 1× 2 Kings 3:17

animals [become ours] 1× Genesis 34:23

any livestock 1× 1 Kings 18:5

are but beasts 1× Ecclesiastes 3:18

are the animals 1× Deuteronomy 14:4

as cattle 1× Job 18:3

by any animal 1× Leviticus 20:25

cattle as well 1× Jonah 4:11

for another 1× Leviticus 27:10

for our livestock 1× Joshua 21:2

for the animal 1× Nehemiah 2:14

for the animals 1× Psalms 147:9

for the livestock 1× Psalms 104:14

for their herds 1× Numbers 35:3

for your livestock 1× Deuteronomy 11:15

her cattle 1× Ezekiel 32:13

his [other] animals 1× Genesis 36:6

including the animals 1× Judges 20:48

let their herds 1× Psalms 107:38

Like cattle 1× Isaiah 63:14

more than the beasts 1× Job 35:11

O beasts 1× Joel 2:22

of an animal 1× Leviticus 7:25

of animals 1× Habakkuk 2:17

of beast 1× Jeremiah 31:27

of his animal 1× Proverbs 12:10

of the animal 1× Ecclesiastes 3:21

of their livestock 1× Numbers 3:45

of wild beasts 1× Deuteronomy 32:24

one animal 1× Leviticus 27:10

other animal 1× Exodus 22:10

our animals 1× Numbers 32:26

over the livestock 1× Genesis 1:26

regarding animals 1× Leviticus 11:46

the wild animals 1× Isaiah 18:6

their herds 1× Numbers 31:9

was the one 1× Nehemiah 2:12

with an animal 1× Leviticus 20:15

your livestock 1× Leviticus 26:22

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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 1:24

Aligned rows 190

Books represented 27

Genesis 21 Exodus 18 Leviticus 31 Numbers 15 Deuteronomy 18 Joshua 4 Judges 1 1 Samuel 1 1 Kings 2 2 Kings 2 2 Chronicles 2 Ezra 2 Nehemiah 5 Job 3 Psalms 11 Proverbs 2 Ecclesiastes 4 Isaiah 5 Jeremiah 18 Ezekiel 12 Joel 3 Jonah 3 Micah 1 Habakkuk 1 Zephaniah 1 Haggai 1 Zechariah 3

Source forms

בְּהֵמָ֑ה 9x bə·hê·māh Exodus 9:25, Exodus 11:7, Exodus 12:12, Exodus 13:15

בְּהֵמָ֖ה 8x bə·hê·māh Exodus 22:10, Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 24:18, Deuteronomy 4:17

הַבְּהֵמָה֙ 8x hab·bə·hê·māh Genesis 1:25, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:8

הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה 8x hab·bə·hê·māh Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:1, Leviticus 11:39, Nehemiah 2:12

הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה 7x hab·bə·hê·māh Genesis 47:18, Leviticus 11:2, Leviticus 20:15, Leviticus 27:11

בְּהֵמָֽה׃ 5x bə·hê·māh Exodus 11:5, Exodus 12:29, Psalms 135:8, Jeremiah 31:27

הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה 5x hab·bə·hê·māh Exodus 9:9, Exodus 9:22, Leviticus 1:2, Joshua 8:27

הַבְּהֵמָ֑ה 5x hab·bə·hê·māh Leviticus 20:16, Numbers 31:30, Numbers 31:47, Jeremiah 21:6

Parsing patterns

Article | Noun - feminine singular 43x Genesis 1:25, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 6:20

Noun - feminine singular 41x Genesis 1:24, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Exodus 9:25

Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 17x Leviticus 27:28, 2 Chronicles 32:28, Nehemiah 2:12, Psalms 36:6

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular 12x Genesis 1:26, Genesis 7:21, Genesis 8:17, Exodus 8:17

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct 7x Deuteronomy 28:26, 1 Samuel 17:44, Isaiah 18:6, Jeremiah 7:33

Noun - feminine plural 6x Deuteronomy 32:24, Job 12:7, Psalms 50:10, Psalms 73:22

Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular 6x Leviticus 19:19, Deuteronomy 5:14, Deuteronomy 28:4, Deuteronomy 28:11

Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular 6x Genesis 9:10, Leviticus 11:3, Leviticus 20:25, Leviticus 27:27

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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What does בְּהֵמָה (bĕhēmāh) mean in the Bible?

What does בְּהֵמָה (bĕhēmāh) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H929?

Where does בְּהֵמָה (bĕhēmāh) appear in Scripture?

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