ra.ma.s describes living creatures moving on or about the land, often in lists alongside animals and birds.

The attested use describes creatures moving on the ground or land, frequently as a class named alongside beasts, birds, fish, and other living things; Psalm 104:20 also places that movement in the night among the living things of the wood.

1. Creatures moving on the ground or land · dominant

   The Qal active participle identifies a class of living creatures in lists: in Genesis 1:30 the APB renders “everything that creeps on the earth,” and in Genesis 7:14 it includes such creatures among the animals and birds. The imperfect form describes their movement in context: in Psalm 104:20 the APB renders that all the living things of the wood “creep about,” while Genesis 9:2 includes everything that “creeps on the land.”

   Genesis 1:30Genesis 7:14Genesis 8:17Genesis 9:2Leviticus 11:44Psalm 104:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly presents the relevant creatures as those that “creep” on the earth or land, but it also uses “moves,” “swarms,” and “creep about.” These are renderings of whole clauses.