בְּהֵמָה (bĕhēmâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning beast. It appears
190 times
in 27 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H929).
Also rendered
animal
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 208a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 208a)beast, animal, cattle; wild beasts; dumb
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
בְּהֵמָהnoun, feminine: beast, animal, cattle
1.of living creatures other than man
2.opposite also to wild beasts
3.rarely of wild beasts, especially carnivora
Strong's H929בְּהֵמָה: properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective) KJV:beast, cattle.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 208: בהםbhm — shut, impeded in speech, tongue-tied, be dumb