H8317. sharats
שָׁרַץ verb swarm, teem (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic crawl, = שֶׁרֶץ, so שִׁרְצָא (rare); Ethiopic germinate, sprout); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ [Psa 105:30], שָֽׁרְצוּ [Gen 1:21], etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁרֹץ [Ezek 47:9], etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁרְצוּ [Gen 9:7]; Participle הַשֹּׁרֵץ [7:21] +, feminine הַשֹּׁרֶ֫צֶת [Lev 11:46]; Hexateuch only P: —
1 swarm, teem with (accusative animal.), subject water [Gen 1:20-21], compare Exodus 7:28, land [Psa 105:30].
2 swarm, subject animal. [Gen 8:17] (+ רָבָה מָּרָה,), [Ezek 47:9], הַּשֹׁרֵּץ [Gen 7:21]; [Lev 11:29], [41], [42], [46] (all עַלהָּֿרֶָּֿץ), [11:43]; subject men [Gen 9:7] (+ רָבה מָּרָה,), [Exod 1:7] (id., + עָצַם).