The biblical Behemoth uses Hebrew's "plural of majesty" — the same grammatical trick that makes Elohim mean God rather than gods.
A huge or monstrous creature. Used figuratively for anything of enormous size or power, such as a large corporation or institution.
From Hebrew bəhēmōṯ, the intensive plural of bəhēmāh (beast, animal), used in the Book of Job (40:15–24) to describe a massive creature, possibly a hippopotamus, elephant, or mythological beast Key roots: bəhēmāh (Hebrew: "beast, animal, cattle"), bəhēmōṯ (Hebrew: "intensive/majestic plural: the great beast").
The biblical Behemoth in Job 40 is described as eating grass like an ox, with bones like tubes of bronze and limbs like bars of iron. Scholars have debated its identity for centuries — candidates include the hippopotamus, the elephant, a dinosaur-like creature (in creationist interpretations), or a purely mythological being representing primordial chaos. In Jewish apocalyptic tradition, Behemoth and Leviathan