BDB7970 [H7430]

רָמַשׂ verb creep, move lightly, move about (chiefly P) (Arabic touch gently (Kam Frey); Late Hebrew רְמָשִׂים creeping things (rare)); —

Qal Imperfect 3 feminine singular תִּרָמשֹׁ Gen 9:2 + 2 t.; Participle רֹמֵשׂ Gen 1:26 +; feminine singular רֹמֶ֫שֶׂת Lev 11:46 + 2 t.; —

1. subject ground, הָאֲדָמָה ׳כֹּל אֲשֶׁר ת all with which the ground creeps (teems), i.e. all creeping things, Lev 20:55 (H), Gen 9:2 (P).

2. elsewhere subject animal:
\ \ a. creep, עַלהָֿאֲדָמָה Deut 4:18; Gen 7:8 (P), עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Lev 11:44 (H), Gen 1:30 (P); הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַלהָֿאֲדָמָה Ezek 38:20, עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Gen 1:26; Gen 7:14; Gen 8:17 (all P).
\ \ b. move lightly, glide about, of water animals, כָּלנֶֿפֶשׂ (בַּמַּיִם) הַחַיָּה הָרֹמֶצֶת Lev 11:46 (H), Gen 1:21 (P), compare Ps 69:35.
\ \ c. in general move about, of all land-animals, עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Gen 1:28; Gen 7:21; Gen 8:19 (all P); specifically of wild beasts prowling at night Ps 104:20.

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