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title: שֶׁרֶץ — swarmers · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁרֶץ (8318), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: swarmers. BDB 1906: n.m. coll. swarmers, swarming things. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁרֶץ

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«שֶׁרֶץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swarmers** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 8318 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫רֶץ

### Glosses

thing (6); (the).swarming.thing (5); of.a.swarming.thing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swarmers [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8318/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. coll. swarmers, swarming things [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8318/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 7, 21 coll. swarmers, swarming things;—שׁ׳ abs. Lv 11:29 +, שָׁ֑רֶץ v 31; cstr. v 20 +;—swarming things (H D and P), aquatic Gn 1:20 Lv 11:10; small reptiles and quadrupeds Gn 7:21 (+ עוֹף, בְּהֵמָה, חַיָּה), Lv 5:2 (+ חַיָּה, בְּהֵמָה), 11:29 (weasel, mouse, lizard), v 31, 41, 42, 43 (c. cogn. שָׁרַץ) v 44, cf. 22:5; insects, שׁ׳ הָעוֹף Dt 14:19, + הַהֹלֵךְ עַל־אַרְבַּע Lv 11:20, 21, cf. v 23. cf. DrDB i. 518.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁרֶץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8318/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 14:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.19/)

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וְכֹל֙ שֶׁ֣רֶץ הָע֔וֹף טָמֵ֥א ה֖וּא לָכֶ֑ם לֹ֖א יֵאָכֵֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* and every (the).swarming.thing of the.insect \[is\].unclean it to you not they.will.be.eaten

*JPS 1917:* And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

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[Leviticus 11:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.20/)

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כֹּ֚ל שֶׁ֣רֶץ הָע֔וֹף הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֑ע שֶׁ֥קֶץ ה֖וּא לָכֶֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* every (the).swarming.thing of.(the) insect \[which\] walks on four.\[legs\] \[is\].a.detestable.thing it to you

*JPS 1917:* All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you.

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