H8317 H8317
To swarm, teem; creatures multiplying abundantly, or (as participle) a swarming/creeping creature.
Evokes the teeming vitality of creation — waters swarming with fish, the land crawling with creatures, peoples multiplying beyond counting. In Genesis 1:20-21, God commands the waters to 'swarm with swarms of living creatures,' and the verb recurs whenever Scripture wants to convey explosive, prolific reproduction (Gen 8:17; 9:7; Exod 1:7, of Israel in Egypt). The participial form (ha-shorets) becomes a classifier for small animals that move in swarms — the 'creeping things' of Leviticus 11:29-46 whose contact renders one unclean. Spanish pulular and German wimmeln both capture this vivid image of abundance in motion.
Senses
1. to swarm, teem, multiply — The verbal action of living creatures multiplying abundantly, filling a space by swarming or teeming in great numbers. Genesis 1:20-21 uses it for the primordial fecundity of creation; Genesis 9:7 and Exodus 1:7 apply it to human population growth — Israel 'swarmed' in Egypt, an echo of the creation mandate. The waters of Ezekiel's temple vision (47:9) will teem with fish wherever the river flows. Spanish produjeron abundantemente and French essaim ('swarm') convey the explosive vitality of this sense. 8×
AR["تَزْحَفُ", "تَكَاثَرُوا", "فاضَت", "فَاضَتْ", "فَيَفِيضُ", "لِتَفِضْ", "وَ-تَوَالَدُوا", "وَ-يَتَكَاثَرُونَ"]·ben["এবং-তারা-ঘুরে-বেড়াক", "ও-উদ্গত-হবে", "ও-বংশবৃদ্ধি-করল", "কিলবিল-করবে", "গিজগিজ-করল", "ছড়িয়ে-পড়ো", "প্রচুর-উৎপাদন-করল", "প্রচুর-উৎপাদন-করুক"]·DE["[ישרץ]", "es-wimmle", "swarmed", "und-sie-sollen-wimmeln", "und-swarmed", "und-wird-schwirren", "wimmelt", "wimmelten"]·EN["and-let-them-swarm", "and-swarmed", "and-will-swarm", "let-swarm", "swarm", "swarmed", "swarms"]·FR["essaim", "et---essaim", "et-grouilla", "et-que-eux-essaim", "fourmiller", "grouilla", "que-essaim"]·heb["ו-שרץ", "ו-שרצו", "ישרוץ", "שרץ"]·HI["उगला", "उमड़े", "उमड़ें", "और-बहुत-हुए", "और-भर-जाएगी", "और-भूमि-को-भरेनगे", "भूमि-को-भरो", "रेंगेगा"]·ID["Dan-akan-berkembang-biak", "berkeriapan", "berkeriapanlah", "berkerumun", "dan-berkembang-biak", "dan-biarlah-mereka-berkeriapan", "hendaklah-berkeriapan"]·IT["[ישרץ]", "[שרץ]", "brulicare", "e-let-loro-brulicare", "e-swarmed", "e-will-brulicare", "let-brulicare", "swarmed"]·jav["Kebak", "Lan-mawrata", "gerombolan", "kebak", "kebakna", "lan-mawrata", "lan-mugi-kebak", "mugi-kebak"]·KO["그리고-들끓리라", "그리고-번성하라", "그리고-번성했다", "번성하라", "번성했다", "번성했으니", "우글거려라", "우글거릴-것이다"]·PT["Pululou", "e-enxamearam", "e-enxameiem", "e-fervilhará", "fervilhar", "fervilharam", "fervilhem", "proliferai"]·RU["Закишела", "И-закишит", "воскишели", "да-воскишат", "и-пусть-размножатся", "и-размножались", "кишит", "расплодитесь"]·ES["Pulularon", "Y-pululará", "produjeron-abundantemente", "produzcan-abundantemente", "pululad", "pulule", "y-pulularon", "y-pululen"]·SW["ilizaa", "inazunguka", "jaeni", "na-utajaa", "na-wajazeane", "na-wakaongezeka", "yalizaa", "yazae"]·TR["Ve-kaynayacak", "kaynattı", "kaynaşsın", "kaynaştı", "kayışacak", "ve-çoğaldılar", "ve-çoğalsınlar", "çoğalın"]·urd["اور-بھر-جائیں", "اور-بھر-جائے-گا", "اور-بہتایت-سے-بڑھے", "بځٹے-گا", "بھر-جائیں", "بھر-گئی", "بھر-گئے", "پھیلو"]
2. swarming creature, creeping thing — The participial or substantival use designating creatures characterized by swarming or creeping movement — a taxonomic classifier for small animals that move in masses. Leviticus 11:29-46 uses ha-shorets ('the swarming thing') repeatedly to define a category of ritually unclean creatures: weasels, mice, lizards, and their kin. Genesis 7:21 lists 'every swarming thing that swarms on the earth' among those destroyed in the flood. Spanish el que repta ('the creeping one') and German das wimmelt ('that which swarms') reflect this nominal, classificatory function. 6×
AR["الدَّابَّةِ", "الدَّابِّ", "الَّتِي-تَدِبُّ"]·ben["-যা-ঘৃণ্য-জিনিস", "সেই-ঘুরে-বেড়ায়"]·DE["das-wimmelt", "der-schwaermend"]·EN["the-swarming"]·FR["le-grouillant", "le-swarming"]·heb["ה-שרץ", "ה-שרצת"]·HI["जो-खेएनचता", "रेंगने वाला"]·ID["yang-berkeriapan", "yang-merayap"]·IT["il-brulicante", "il-brulicare"]·jav["ingkang-kebak", "ingkang-rayap"]·KO["그-번성하는", "기는"]·PT["a-que-rasteja", "o-que-rasteja", "que-enxameia"]·RU["кишащего", "кишащее", "кишащей", "кишащем", "кишащим"]·ES["el-que-pululaba", "el-que-repta", "la-que-hormiguea"]·SW["inayotambaa", "kinachomea", "kinachotambaa", "vinavyotambaa"]·TR["-çoğalan", "kayınasır-gibi-hareket-eden", "sürünen"]·urd["جو-رینگتے-تھے", "رینگنے-والا", "رینگنے-والی", "رینگنے-والے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שָׁרַץ vb. swarm, teem (NH id.; Aramaic ܫܪܰܨ crawl, ܫܶܪܨܳܐ = שֶׁרֶץ, so שִׁרְצָא (rare); Ethiopic ሠረጸ: germinate, sprout);— Qal 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:— 1. swarm, teem with (acc. animal), subj. water Gn 1:20, 21, cf. Ex 7:28 (J), land ψ 105:30. 2.…