Behemoth

• Behemoth: (Hebrew בהמות [Bəhēmôth], Behemot, B'hemot "Beasts; animals"; Arabic بهيموث [Bahīmūth] or بهموت [Bahamūt]) the untranslated name of an amphibious animal mentioned in the Book of Job 40:15-24. Behemoth is the primal unconquerable monster of the land, as Leviathan is the primal monster of the waters of the sea; both are emblematic of the mystery of God's creation.
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Commentary

According to Midrash recording traditions, only the person who created a behemoth can kill it, in this case YHWH. A later Jewish Haggadic tradition furthermore holds that at the banquet at the end of the world, Behemoth will be served up with Leviathan and the giant bird Ziz. This reinforces the idea, alluded to throughout this page in FW, that Finnegan/HCE is to be ritually eaten at his Wake. See Finfoefom and Mastication of the host.