Comments on: Genesis 1:24 http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/05/25/genesis-124/ "Mann trakht und Gott lakht" Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:22:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kevin Barney http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/05/25/genesis-124/#comment-2100 Kevin Barney Sat, 26 May 2007 19:34:15 +0000 http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/05/25/genesis-124/#comment-2100 Hebrew remesh derives from a verb meaning to creep, move lightly, glide about (of water animals), and so of land animals the icky sounding "creeping things." The -oth ending of the English derivative behemoth is the feminine plural, just as -im (as in elohim) is the masculine plural. So behemoth is the plural form of behema, and literally means "beasts, animals," although it is possible that the plural is used in a special sense with singular force for "the largest beast." Hebrew remesh derives from a verb meaning to creep, move lightly, glide about (of water animals), and so of land animals the icky sounding “creeping things.”

The -oth ending of the English derivative behemoth is the feminine plural, just as -im (as in elohim) is the masculine plural. So behemoth is the plural form of behema, and literally means “beasts, animals,” although it is possible that the plural is used in a special sense with singular force for “the largest beast.”

]]> By: BRoz http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/05/25/genesis-124/#comment-2092 BRoz Sat, 26 May 2007 15:04:56 +0000 http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/05/25/genesis-124/#comment-2092 Wow, fascinating! Wow, fascinating!

]]>