Lexical Definition

‎רָמַשׂ‎ râmas (raw-mas') to creep ^H:V
a primitive root

creep, move.

• properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps
• by analogy to swarm

1) to creep, move lightly, move about, walk on all fours
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to creep, teem (of all creeping things)
1a2) to creep (of animals)
1a3) to move lightly, glide about (of water animals)
1a4) to move about (of all land animals generally)

See Greek: κινέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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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