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In modern Hebrew, the term for " hippopotamus" is היפופוטם, roughly "hypopotm": obviously derived from Greek. Do we know of any terms clearly referring to the animal in pre-revival Hebrew? Some hold that the behemoth (Hebrew "בהמות") in the book of Job is a hippopotamus, but that's disputed; at any rate, it's not a solid identification comparable to "כצבי", a gazelle. I'm looking (while doubtful that it exists) for something that unambiguously refers to Hippopotamus amphibius. Nyttend ( talk) 01:26, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
Per this edit [1] to Daniella Rahme. Google translate [2] says it is Somali. and means "Thanks yetfalssaf", is that correct? Hoping it isn't actually crude or lewd as it was there for 8 days! 220 of Borg 02:02, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
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In modern Hebrew, the term for " hippopotamus" is היפופוטם, roughly "hypopotm": obviously derived from Greek. Do we know of any terms clearly referring to the animal in pre-revival Hebrew? Some hold that the behemoth (Hebrew "בהמות") in the book of Job is a hippopotamus, but that's disputed; at any rate, it's not a solid identification comparable to "כצבי", a gazelle. I'm looking (while doubtful that it exists) for something that unambiguously refers to Hippopotamus amphibius. Nyttend ( talk) 01:26, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
Per this edit [1] to Daniella Rahme. Google translate [2] says it is Somali. and means "Thanks yetfalssaf", is that correct? Hoping it isn't actually crude or lewd as it was there for 8 days! 220 of Borg 02:02, 14 September 2015 (UTC)