שָׁרַץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8317

swarm — used 14 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

swarm tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁרַץ: vb. swarm, teem tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. swarm, teem (NH id.; Aramaic ܫܪܰܨ crawl, ܫܶܪܨܳܐ = שֶׁרֶץ, so שִׁרְצָא (rare); Ethiopic ሠረጸ: germinate, sprout);— Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ ψ 105:30, שָֽׁרְצוּ Gn 1:21, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁרֹץ Ez 47:9, etc.; Imv. mpl. שִׁרְצוּ Gn 9:7; Pt. הַשֹּׁרֵץ 7:21 +, f. הַשֹּׁרֶ֫צֶת Lv 11:46; Hex mostly P:— swarm, teem with (acc. animal), subj. water Gn 1:20, 21, cf. Ex 7:28 (J), land ψ 105:30. swarm, subj. animal Gn 8:17 (+ פָּרָה, רָבָה), Ez 47:9, הַשֹּׁרֵץ Gn 7:21; Lv 11:29 (P). 41, 42, 46 (J) (all עַל־הָאָרֶץ), v 43; subj. men Gn 9:7 (+ פָּרָה, רָבָה), Ex 1:7 (id., + עָצַם).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: swarms (6); they swarmed (2); it swarmed (1).

In the verses

Psalms 105:30 · tree →

שָׁרַ֣ץ אַרְצָ֣ם צְפַרְדְּעִ֑ים בְּ֝חַדְרֵ֗י מַלְכֵיהֶֽם׃

Word for word: it.swarmed land their frogs in the.rooms their.kings their

JPS 1917: Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings.

Genesis 9:7 · tree →

וְאַתֶּ֖ם פְּר֣וּ וּרְב֑וּ שִׁרְצ֥וּ בָאָ֖רֶץ וּרְבוּ־בָֽהּ׃ס

Word for word: and you be.fruitful and multiply swarm on the earth and multiply on it

JPS 1917: And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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