H8317

שָׁרַץ

sha.ratsH:V

to swarm

1) (Qal) to teem, swarm, multiply 1a) to swarm, teem 1b2) to swarm

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שָׁרַץ verb swarm, teem (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic crawl, = שֶׁרֶץ, so שִׁרְצָא (rare); Ethiopic germinate, sprout); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳שׁ Ps 105:30, שָֽׁרְצוּ Gen 1:21, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׁרֹץ Ezek 47:9, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁרְצוּ Gen 9:7 Participle הַשֹּׁרֵץ Gen 7:21 +, feminine הַשֹּׁרֶ֫צֶת Lev 11:46 Hexateuch only P: —

1. swarm, teem with (accusative animal.), subject water Gen 1:20; Gen 1:21, compare Exod 7:28, land Ps 105:30.

2. swarm, subject animal. Gen 8:17 (+ פָּרָה, רָבָה), Ezek 47:9, הַּשֹׁרֵּץ Gen 7:21; Lev 11:29; Lev 11:41; Lev 11:42; Lev 11:46 (all עַלהָּֿרֶָּֿץ), vLev 11:43 subject men Gen 9:7 (+ פָּרָה, רָבה), Exod 1:7 (id., + עָצַם).

13 occurrences

Genesis (5), Exodus (1), Leviticus (5), Psalms (1), Ezekiel (1)