| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| behemoth |
(b ´h m th, bh´–) (KEY) [Heb.,=plural of beast], large, fanciful primeval monster, like Leviathan, evoking the hippopotamus mentioned in the Book of Job. In the Book of Psalms the term occurs in a non-mythological context. |
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