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Look,הִנֵּהplease,נָאat Behemoth,בְהֵמוֹתwhichאֲשֶׁרI madeעָשִׂיתִיwith you;עִמָּךְgrassחָצִירlike the oxכַּבָּקָרit eats.יֹאכֵל
Job 40:15
Study it in the app“Look, please, at Behemoth, which I made with you; grass like the ox it eats.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 40:15, word by word
- at Behemothבְהֵמוֹתvehemot
Behemoth
Behemoth: "the beast" par excellence. It is the plural of the word "beast," used as the name of an enormous animal (Job 40:15).
Where else “vehemot” appears- I madeעָשִׂיתִיasiti
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asiti” appears- grassחָצִירchatsir
grass
Grass that soon withers.
Where else “chatsir” appears- like the oxבָּקָרbakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appears- it eatsיֹאכֵלyochel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochel” appears
Translation note
“Behemoth”: in Hebrew it is the plural of “beast,” used here as the name of a single enormous animal, “the beast par excellence.” Which animal it is is uncertain; Strong’s lexicon identifies it with the hippopotamus.
The context
14Then I too will acknowledge you, that your right hand can save you.
15 · This verse (above)
16Look, please, its strength is in its loins, and its vigor in the muscles of its belly.