Senses
1. beast, animal (Aramaic) — An Aramaic noun (חֵיוָא) meaning 'beast' or 'animal', used exclusively in Daniel for the symbolic beasts of apocalyptic visions (Dan 4:12-23; 7:3-23). All three clusters represent the same noun in different number/case forms: plural construct/emphatic 'beasts of / the beasts' (arb: حَيَوَانِ / حَيَوَانُ, kor: 짐승들, swa: wanyama, spa: las bestias), singular emphatic 'the beast / a beast' (arb: حَيَوَانٌ / الْحَيَوَانُ, kor: 짐승이/짐승은, swa: mnyama, hin: जन्तु/पशु), and plain plural 'beasts' (arb: حَيَوَانَاتٍ / الْحَيَوَانَاتُ, kor: 짐승들이, swa: wanyama). The singular-plural alternation is purely inflectional; all denote the same semantic concept of a beast or living creature. 20×
AR["الْحَيَوَانَاتُ","الْحَيَوَانَاتِ","الْحَيَوَانُ","الْحَيَوَانِ","حَيَوَانٌ","حَيَوَانٍ","حَيَوَانَ","حَيَوَانَاتٍ","حَيَوَانُ","حَيَوَانِ","لِلْحَيَوَانِ"]·ben["-পশুর","পশু","পশুদের","পশুর","পশুরা"]·DE["Tier","Tiere","die-Tiere","zu-die-Tiere"]·EN["beast","beasts","beasts-of","the-beast","the-beasts","to-the-beast"]·FR["[חיוה]","[לחיותא]","bêtes","les-bêtes","êtres-vivants"]·heb["ה-חיה","ה-חיות","חיה","חיות","חיית","חית","ל-חיה"]·HI["उस-जन्तु-के","जन्तु","जन्तुओं","जन्तुओं-का","पशु","पशु-का","पशुओं-के"]·ID["-binatang","-binatang-binatang","Binatang","binatang","binatang-binatang","kepada-binatang"]·IT["a-le-bestie","bestia","bestie","le-bestie"]·jav["Kéwan","dhateng-kéwan","kewan","kewan-","kewan-kewan","kéwan","kéwan-kéwan"]·KO["그-짐승이","에-그-짐승에게","짐승-의","짐승들","짐승들-","짐승들-을","짐승들-이","짐승들에게서","짐승들을","짐승들이","짐승에","짐승은","짐승이"]·PT["O-animal","animais","animal","animal-de","ao-animal","o-animal","o-animal-do","os-animais","os-animais-do","um-animal"]·RU["-звери","-зверями","звере","зверей","звери","зверь","зверя","зверями","у-зверя"]·ES["La-bestia","a-la-bestia","bestia","bestias","la-bestia","las-bestias","las-bestias-de","las-bestias-del"]·SW["kwa-mnyama","mnyama","wanne","wanyama","wanyama-wa"]·TR["canavar","canavara","canavarlar","canavarlardan","canavarların","canavarın","hayvanlar","hayvanlarla","hayvanları","hayvanın"]·urd["جانور","جانور-کا","جانور-کے","جانوروں","جانوروں-کی","جنگلی-جانوروں"]
Related Senses
H5921a 1. upon, on, over (spatial) (5443×)H0413 1. directional: to, toward (5366×)H1121a 1. son, male offspring, descendant (4914×)H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)H4428 1. king, human ruler (2518×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)H6440 1. before, in front of (spatial) (1870×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H3027 1. physical hand (body part) (1596×)H1697 1. word, speech, utterance (1235×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֵיוָא, חֵיוָה n.f. beast (BH ii. חַיָּה);—abs. א—ָ Dn 4:13, ה—ָ 7:5, 7; emph. חֵיוְתָא 7:6, 11, 19, 23, and (coll.) 4:11, 12; 5:21; cstr. (coll.) חֵיוַת בָּרָא 2:38; 4:9, 18, 20, 22, 29; pl. abs. חֵיוָן 7:3, emph. חֵיוָתָא 7:7, 12, 17.