Meaning and background
The story behind Behemoth
Behemoth begins with a huge biblical beast and later became an English word for something enormous. The reference traces the term through Latin to Hebrew but qualifies the deeper explanation, so a single confident ancient translation would go too far. As a dog name, its scale can be affectionate or deliberately comic for a small animal. The longer written form is part of that effect. Choose it for the dramatic image rather than treating it as a prediction of adult size or strength.
- Origin
- Word for a huge beast, from the biblical Hebrew term through Latin; deeper derivation uncertain. Source
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About Behemoth
Recorded as a dog’s name
Behemoth appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/bəhiməθ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/bəhiməθ/ · primary stress on syllable 2B AH0 HH IY1 M AH0 TH
/bihəməθ/ · primary stress on syllable 1B IY1 HH AH0 M AH0 TH
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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