What does שֶׁרֶץ mean in the Bible?
e. active mass of minute animals".
Hebrew · H8318
שֶׁרֶץ
A swarm , i.e. active mass of minute animals
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שֶׁרֶץ H8318
What does שֶׁרֶץ mean in the Bible?
שֶׁרֶץ is a Hebrew word meaning "a swarm , i.e. active mass of minute animals".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8318?
The BSB source-word alignment has 15 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include insects (4), crawling creature (3), creature (2), creatures (2), any creature (1).
Where does שֶׁרֶץ appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Leviticus (12), Genesis (2), Deuteronomy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It insects 4× Leviticus 11:20, Leviticus 11:21, Leviticus 11:23, Deuteronomy 14:19
crawling creature 3× Leviticus 5:2, Leviticus 11:43, Leviticus 22:5
creature 2× Leviticus 11:41, Leviticus 11:44
creatures 2× Genesis 1:20, Leviticus 11:29
any creature 1× Leviticus 11:42
creature that swarms 1× Genesis 7:21
the crawling creatures 1× Leviticus 11:31
the teeming 1× Leviticus 11:10
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 1:20 שֶׁ֖רֶץ to creatures Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 7:21 הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ to creature that swarms Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 5:2 שֶׁ֣רֶץ to crawling creature Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 11:10 שֶׁ֣רֶץ to the teeming Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 11:20 שֶׁ֣רֶץ to insects Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 11:21 שֶׁ֣רֶץ to insects Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 11:23 שֶׁ֣רֶץ to insects Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 11:29 בַּשֶּׁ֖רֶץ to creatures Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 11:31 הַשָּׁ֑רֶץ to the crawling creatures Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 11:41 הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ to creature Article | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 1:20
Aligned rows 15
Books represented 3
Genesis 2 Leviticus 12 Deuteronomy 1
Source forms
שֶׁ֣רֶץ 6x še·reṣ Leviticus 5:2, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 11:20, Leviticus 11:21
הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ 5x haš·še·reṣ Genesis 7:21, Leviticus 11:41, Leviticus 11:42, Leviticus 11:43
שֶׁ֖רֶץ 2x še·reṣ Genesis 1:20, Leviticus 22:5
בַּשֶּׁ֖רֶץ 1x baš·še·reṣ Leviticus 11:29
הַשָּׁ֑רֶץ 1x haš·šā·reṣ Leviticus 11:31
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine singular 6x Genesis 7:21, Leviticus 11:31, Leviticus 11:41, Leviticus 11:42
Noun - masculine singular construct 6x Genesis 1:20, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 11:20, Leviticus 11:21
Noun - masculine singular 2x Leviticus 5:2, Leviticus 22:5
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Leviticus 11:29
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a swarm , i.e. active mass of minute animals
Source Gloss
a swarm , i.e. active mass of minute animals
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals BDB: swarmers Usage: creep(-ing thing), move(-ing creature).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שֶׁרֶץ is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain