>>19565501In Modern Hebrew, yes, because the whole idea of a giant sea creature most likely came from a whale and got morphed as the stories passed from person to person and ended up in the Bible. Drawings of it don't usually depict it as one, though.
Kyogre is totally a whale anyway, though. Only their concepts are related to the Leviathan, Behemoth, and Ziz, it's not like the Behemoth was a dinosaur.