The meaning of “רָמַשׂ”
Understanding râmas reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
creep, move. - properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps - by analogy to swarm 1) to creep, mov...
רָמַשׂ
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)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 7:14 | “They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.” Word: רָמַשׂ (râmas) | |
| Leviticus 11:46 | “This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:” Word: רָמַשׂ (râmas) | |
| Deuteronomy 4:18 | “The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:” Word: רָמַשׂ (râmas) | |
| Psalms 104:20 | “Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.” Word: רָמַשׂ (râmas) | |
| Ezekiel 38:20 | “So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.” Word: רָמַשׂ (râmas) |
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