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n. A boor, an uncouth, unmannered individual.
n. An animal, especially a large one.
"I'm shvitzing like a beheyme!"
"Stop being such a behema!"
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Heb בהמה behemá, Yiddish בהמה behéyme 'large domesticated animal; fool, boor'
beheyme, beheyma, beheima, beheme, beheime
In some Yiddish dialects, beheyme is the neutral word for a cow (compared with קו ku in other dialects).
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