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Leviticus 25:7
“And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâh · be-hay-maw'
H929 · Hebrew
H929 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- Derivation
- from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute);
- KJV renderings
- beast, cattle.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- לִ֨ — preposition
- בְהֶמְתְּ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- ךָ֔ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 190 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:24Genesis 1:25Genesis 1:26Genesis 2:20Genesis 3:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בְּהֵמָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.