And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, х Yishrªtsuw (H8317) hamayim (H4325) sherets (H8318)] - creep (teem) - i:e., abound with creeping things. [According to Gesenius, sherets (H8318) denotes the small aquatic animals. But Jarchi more properly considers it as used to signify generally every living thing that does not rise far above the ground, and therefore as including, besides the smaller species of marine creatures, fish, shellfish, etc.-ants, beetles, worms, snails, lizards, bats, grasshoppers, etc., and in this sense it occurs in Scripture (Leviticus 11:9-10; Leviticus 11:20-23; Leviticus 11:29-30).]
That hath life - literally, living creatures; and accordingly some render it, 'Let the waters produce swarms of living things that creep.'