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title: שָׁרַץ — swarm · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁרַץ (8317), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: swarm. BDB 1906: vb. swarm, teem. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁרַץ

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«שָׁרַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swarm** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 14 times · **Key:** 8317 · **BDB:** שָׁרַץ

### Glosses

swarms (6); they.swarmed (2); it.swarmed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swarm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8317/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. swarm, teem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8317/#m2)

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁרַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8317/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 105:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.30/)

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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.

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[Genesis 9:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.9.7/)

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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.'

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