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STRONGS NUMBER H6779
Transliteration: tsamach
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-makh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to sprout, spring up
Meaning: to sprout, spring up
Word Summary
tsamach: to sprout, spring up
Original Word: צָמַחTransliteration: tsamach
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-makh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to sprout, spring up
Meaning: to sprout, spring up
Strong's Concordance
bear, bring forth, cause to, make to bud forth, make to grow again, cause to spring forth, A primitive root; to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative) -- bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6779. tsamach
צָמַח verb sprout, spring up (Late Hebrew id., so צְמַח ᵑ7; Sir. spring or shine forth, shining, also sprout; Phoenician צמח posterity); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular צָֽמַחבּֿוֺ Leviticus 13:37; 3plural וְצָֽמְחוּ consecutive Isaiah 44:4; Imperfect3masculine singular יִצְמַח Job 5:6, 3feminine plural תִּצְמַחְנָה Isaiah 42:9, etc.; Participle צֹמֵחַ Exodus 10:5, צוֺמֵחַ Ecclesiastes 2:6; feminine plural צֹמְחוֺת Genesis 41:6, 23; — sprout, spring up:
1 of plants, trees, etc. Genesis 2:5; Exodus 10:5 (both J), Genesis 41:6, 23 (E), Ezekiel 17:6 (in figurative); once (late) עֵצִים צוֺמֵחַ יַעַר Ecclesiastes 2:6 wood sprouting with trees (full of growing trees); figurative of future ruler (see צֶמַח) Zechariah 6:12, posterity Isaiah 44:4, compare Job 8:19, trouble(עָמָל) Isaiah 5:6,truth (אֱמֶת) Psalm 85:12, restoration (אֲרֻכָֽתְךָ) Isaiah 58:8, future events 42:9.
2 of hair Leviticus 13:37 (P; compare Pi`el).
Pi`el grow abunduntly, always of hair; — Perfect 3 masculine singular צִמֵּחַ Ezekiel 16:7 (in figurative): Imperfect3masculine singular יִצַמַּח 2 Samuel 10:5 = 1 Chronicles 19:5 (of beard); Infinitive construct לְצַמֵּחַ Judges 16:22 (Samson's hair).
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular suffix וְהִצְמִיחָהּ Isaiah 55:10 Imperfect3masculine singular יַצְמִיחַ 2 Samuel 23:5; Isaiah 61: וַיַּצְמַח Genesis 2:9, etc.; Infinitive construct לְהַצְמִיחַ Job 38:27; Participle מַצְמִיחַ Psalm 104:14; 147:8; —
1 cause to grow, with accusative of plant, subject ׳י Genesis 2:9; Psalm 104:14, compare Job 38:27, with 2accusative Psalm 147:8 who causeth mountains to sprout grass; figurative, object צְדָקָה צֶמַח Jeremiah 33:15; horn (קֶרֶן) of Israel Ezekiel 29:21, of David Psalm 132:17; righteousness, etc. Isaiah 61:11b; compare also 2 Samuel 23:5 (if interrogative, see Dr Bu; otherwise HPS); subject ground Genesis 3:18 compare Isaiah 61:11a (simile), Deuteronomy 29:22 (object omitted); also (figurative) Isaiah 45:8 (compare Di Kit).
2 of rain, cause the earth to sprout (absolute), Isaiah 55:10.