The Hebrew verb sharats means to swarm, teem, or multiply abundantly — especially of small creatures moving in great numbers. It is used in the Creation narrative for the swarming of sea creatures and land animals, and later in Exodus for the plague of frogs. The word conveys prolific, teeming life filling a space.
Sharats first appears in Genesis 1:20 as part of God's creative command: 'Let the waters teem with living creatures.' The word captures the extravagant abundance of God's creative activity — not sparse, minimal life but teeming, overflowing vitality. In the frogs plague (Exodus 7:28), the same word is used to describe judgment: what should be blessing becomes curse when the order of creation is inverted. Theologically, sharats reminds us that the God of creation is a God of abundance — He fills, He multiplies, He overwhelms with life.