behemoth

• n. 獣; カバ
• adj.巨大な; 背の高い

ヘブライ語の「怪物」から。

behemoth (n.)

late 14c., huge biblical beast (Job xl:15), from Latin behemoth, from Hebrew b'hemoth, usually taken as plural of intensity of b'hemah "beast." But the Hebrew word is perhaps a folk etymology of Egyptian pehemau, literally "water-ox," the name for the hippopotamus.

Long before Jumbo was dreamed of, a hippo was exhibited by George K. Bailey, who invented the tank on wheels now used so generally in the circuses. The beast was advertised as "the blood sweating Behemoth of Holy Writ," and he made several men rich. [Isaac F. Marcosson, "Sawdust and Gold Dust," in "The Bookman," June 1910]

1. The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart.

この都市は無計画に外に広がっており、中心に欠落した巨大なものとなっている。

2.The behemoth jet towers six stories and may have crossed the line of common political sense.

この巨大なジェット機は6階建てのビルほどの高さがあり、もはや普通の政治常識では容認できないかもしれない。

3.Behold now, Behemoth ,which I made as well as you ; He eats grass like an ox.

伯40：15カバを見て。あなたも彼を作って。草を食べるのは牛と同じだ。

4.Behold now behemoth ，which I made with thee；he eateth grass as an ox.

あなたはカバを見て。私はあなたを作ってもそれを作ります。それは牛と同じように草を食べます。

5.On this stingy substitute rain，the behemoth of living things，the redwood，thrives.

生命の巨大なセコイアの木は、この雨の代替物のわずかな栄養の下ですくすくと成長している。