be.ir denotes livestock animals, especially those accompanying people, transported, watered, or subject to loss.

The attested use denotes livestock animals in practical settings: animals loaded for travel, included with an assembly needing water, named among stolen animals, and given over to hail.

1. Livestock animals in human settings · dominant

   Each attested token is a masculine singular construct noun within clauses concerning animals connected with people or their circumstances. In Genesis 45:17 the APB renders the instruction to “load your animals”; in Numbers 20:4, Numbers 20:8, and Numbers 20:11 it renders cattle alongside the congregation as needing water or drinking it. Exodus 22:4 places the animal among cattle, donkey, and live sheep in a restitution case, while Psalm 78:48 describes cattle given over to hail.

   Exodus 22:4Genesis 45:17Numbers 20:11Numbers 20:4Numbers 20:8Psalm 78:48

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the animal group as “animals,” “cattle,” and “livestock” across these verses. These variations show the verse-level presentation rather than separate lexical senses.