Dodon ruwa da dorina (Leviathan da Behemoth)

Ayuba 40–41 ya kwatanta manyan halittu biyu: Behemoth (a Littafi Mai Tsarki na Hausa, “dorina”), wadda take cin ciyawa kamar sa take kuma kwanciya a cikin iwan kogi, da Leviathan (a Hausa, “dodon ruwa”), wanda ba a iya kama shi da ƙugiya. A Zabura 104 Leviathan yana wasa a teku, yayinda Zabura 74 da Ishaya 27 suke maganar macijin teku mai kawuna da yawa. Sunan Behemoth jam’i ne na kalmar Ibrananci don “dabba” — kamar a ce “dabbar dabbobi”.

Yadda za a karanta su ana muhawara a kai. Bisa ga wani ra’ayi, mawaƙin yana kwatanta dabbobi na gaske: Behemoth dorina ce, Leviathan kuma kada, dukansu sanannu a Masar; wasu sun ba da shawarar giwa ko kifi babba (whale). Bisa ga wani ra’ayi kuma, waɗannan halittu ne na waƙa da sauran duniyar dā ma ta san su: rubuce-rubuce daga Ugarit (ƙarni na 14–13 K.H.) sun ba da labarin Lotan, “macijin nan mai murɗewa” mai kawuna bakwai, da kalmomi masu kama sosai da Ishaya 27:1. Wasu masu karatu suna ganin a cikinsu dabbobi masu rarrafe da suka ƙare, kamar dinosaur. Al’adar Yahudawa ta baya ta ce za a ba da Leviathan da Behemoth a matsayin abinci a wata liyafa a ƙarshen zamani, Thomas Hobbes kuma ya sa wa littafinsa game da mulki suna Leviathan (1651).