צֶמַח
tsemach · H6780 · Hebrew · 12 occurrences
Meanings
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sprout, growth, vegetation
Process by which new growth comes up, either springing from the ground or from part of an existing plant, and starts growing; sometimes extended to denote the coming into existence of people, conditions, or activities
ExamplesGenesis 19:25 and He overthrew those cities, and all the surrounding area, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
Psalm 65:10 You water its furrows abundantly, You settle its ridges, You soften it with showers, You bless its growth.
Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth produces its sprouts, And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, So the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise To spring up before all the nations.
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ear of grain
The uppermost part of a grain plant, which contains the seeds
ExamplesHosea 8:7 For they sow wind And they harvest a storm. The standing grain has no kernels; It yields no grain. If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it.
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sprout, branch
Literally: sprout; hence: a new member of a royal dynasty, compared to a new branch that sprouts from a tree
ExamplesIsaiah 4:2 On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride and the beauty of the survivors of Israel.
Jeremiah 23:5 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will reign as king and act wisely And do justice and righteousness in the land.
Jeremiah 33:15 ‘In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch of David sprout; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
8 occurrences in 5 groups
- הּher 4
- אֲדָמָהground 1
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
- צְדָקָהrighteousness 1
- שָׂדֶהfield, countryside 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צַדִּיקrighteous, just, right 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עֶבֶדservant, slave 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- בָרַךְto bless 1
- הָפַךְto turn, to change, to overturn 1
- יָצָאto go out 1
- צָמַחto sprout 1
- קוּםto arise 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שֵׁםname 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כlike/as 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- טָרָףfresh 1
- עֲרוּגָהraised bed 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Stage002001001060
- צֶמַח denotes growth or a sprouting, as of the year's growth crowned by the LORD's goodness in Psalm 65:11, and the sprouts the earth produces as the LORD causes righteousness to spring up in Isaiah 61:11.
- Plants001002007001
- The word also denotes what grows from the ground, as of what grew on the cities of the plain before their overthrow in Genesis 19:25.
- People001001003
- The word also serves as a title for a coming person, as of the Branch of the LORD that will be beautiful and glorious in Isaiah 4:2, and the righteous Branch the LORD will raise up for David in Jeremiah 23:5.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6780. tsemach צֶ֫מַח noun masculineJer 23:5 sprout, growth; — absolute ׳צ Hos 8:7 +,…
צֶ֫מַח noun masculineJer 23:5 sprout, growth; — absolute ׳צ Hos 8:7 +, צֶ֑מַח Zec 3:8; construct צֶ֫מַח Gen 19:25+; suffix צִמְחָהּ Eze 17:9 +; —
1 collective sprouting, growth, ׳צ הָאֲדָמָה Gen 19:25 (J), ׳צ הַשָּׂדֶה Eze 16:7 (simile), compare Isa 61:11; Psa 65:11; so ׳צ יהוה Isa 4:2, ׳צ absolute Hos 8:7; growth (= foliage) of vine, צ ׳טַרְמֵּי Eze 17:9.
2 process of growth, of vine, צִמְתָהּ עֲרֻגֹת Eze 17:10 = the beds where it grew.
3 future ruler, under figure of sprout from Davidic tree (compare Psa 132:17) צ ׳לְדָוִר צַדִּיק וַהֲקִמֹתִי Jer 23:5 a righteous sprout, shoot, = צ לְדָוִד ׳אַצְמִיחַ צְדָקָה Jer 33:15; hence (as proper name) צ ׳עַבְדִּי Zec 3:8, of Zerubbabel צ ׳אִישׁ שְׁמוֺ Zec 6:12.
צַמִּים see צמם. צְמִיתֻת see צמת. below,
צמם (√ of following; compare Arabic draw together, or bandage (a wound),be compact; Late Hebrew צִמְצֵם press; ᵑ7Jer Palpel, Ithpalpel veil (? denominative)).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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