- בְּהֵמָה
- בְּהֵמָהf. (b. h.; בהם, Æthiop. to be dumb; √בה, v. בהי) cattle, quadruped domestic animal (mostly of the horned race); in gen. dumb beast, opp. to man. Gen. R. s. 20 ב׳ חיה ועופות domestic animals, wild beasts, and birds; a. fr.ב׳ גסה large cattle (of the bovine race); ב׳ דקה small cattle (sheep, goats ). Bekh.8a; a. fr.בֶּהֱמַת מלוג, ב׳ ארנונא , v. מְלוּג, אַרְנוֹנָא Pl. בְּהֵמוֹת Gen. R. s. 86; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.