Post by t-bob on Feb 20, 2019 10:04:23 GMT -5
BEHEMOTH
noun
1. any creature or thing of monstrous size or power: The army's new tank is a behemoth. The cartel is a behemoth that small business owners fear.
2. an animal, perhaps the hippopotamus, mentioned in Job 40:15–24.
Quotes
... in a play for the ideological high ground, Mr. de Blasio has cast Uber as a corporate behemoth with a singular goal. -- Matt Flegenheimer, "City Hall, in a Counterattack, Casts Uber as a Corporate Behemoth," New York Times, July 20, 2015 Power - this one word sums up the rise in concerns on the left about tech behemoth Facebook. -- Tim Mak, "Congress May Soon Impose New Regulations on Facebook," All Things Considered, NPR, January 15, 2019
Origin
The traditional etymology of the Hebrew noun behemoth is that it is an augmentative or intensive plural of bəhēmāh “beast,” a derivative of the West Semitic root bhm “to be dumb.” It is also possible that Hebrew bəhēmāh is an adaptation to Hebrew phonology of Egyptian p-ehe-mau “hippopotamus” (literally “ox of the water”). Behemoth entered English in the 14th century
noun
1. any creature or thing of monstrous size or power: The army's new tank is a behemoth. The cartel is a behemoth that small business owners fear.
2. an animal, perhaps the hippopotamus, mentioned in Job 40:15–24.
Quotes
... in a play for the ideological high ground, Mr. de Blasio has cast Uber as a corporate behemoth with a singular goal. -- Matt Flegenheimer, "City Hall, in a Counterattack, Casts Uber as a Corporate Behemoth," New York Times, July 20, 2015 Power - this one word sums up the rise in concerns on the left about tech behemoth Facebook. -- Tim Mak, "Congress May Soon Impose New Regulations on Facebook," All Things Considered, NPR, January 15, 2019
Origin
The traditional etymology of the Hebrew noun behemoth is that it is an augmentative or intensive plural of bəhēmāh “beast,” a derivative of the West Semitic root bhm “to be dumb.” It is also possible that Hebrew bəhēmāh is an adaptation to Hebrew phonology of Egyptian p-ehe-mau “hippopotamus” (literally “ox of the water”). Behemoth entered English in the 14th century
