| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | be·he·moth |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -h  m th, b-mth |
| NOUN: | 1. Something enormous in size or power. 2. often Behemoth A huge animal, possibly the hippopotamus, described in the Bible. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English behemoth, bemoth, from Hebrew bhmôt, pl. of bhmâ, beast. See bhm in Appendix II.
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