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Strong's #6779 - צָמַח
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- to sprout, spring up, grow up
- 1a)(Qal)
- to sprout, spring up
- of plants
- of hair
- of speech (figuratively)
- to sprout, spring up
- (Piel) to grow abundantly or thickly
- (Hiphil)
- to cause to grow
- to cause to sprout
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2666) hmy (תסמהה TsMHh) AC: Sprout CO: Sprout AB: ?: The springing up of a plant or bud.
V) hmy (תסמהה TsMHh) - Sprout: To grow out or spring forth. KJV (33): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) grow, spring, bring, bud, bear - Strongs: H6779 (צָמַח)
Nm) hmy (תסמהה TsMHh) - Sprout: A plant that sprouts out of the ground or a bud that sprouts out of a tree. KJV (12): branch, bud, grew, spring - Strongs: H6780 (צֶמַח)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular צָֽמַחבּֿוֺ Leviticus 13:37; 3 plural וְצָֽמְחוּ consecutive Isaiah 44:4; Imperfect 3 masculine 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) יַעַרצוֺמֵחַ עֵצִים 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 Isaiah 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): Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִצַמַּח 2 Samuel 10:5 = 1 Chronicles 19:5 (of beard); Infinitive construct לְצַמֵּחַ Judges 16:22 (Samson's hair).
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix וְהִצְמִיחָהּ Isaiah 55:10 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַצְמִיחַ 2 Samuel 23:5; Isaiah 61: וַיַּצְמַח Genesis 2:9, etc.; Infinitive construct לְהַצְמִיחַ Job 38:27; Participle מַצְמִיחַ Psalm 104:14; Psalm 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 צֶמַח צְדָקָה Jeremiah 33:15; horn (קֶרֶן) of Israel Ezekiel 29:21, of David Psalm 132:17; righteousness, etc. Isaiah 61:11 b; compare also 2 Samuel 23:5 (if interrogative, see Dr Bu; otherwise HPS); subject ground Genesis 3:18 compare Isaiah 61:11 a (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.
צָמַח to sprout forth, used of plants, Genesis 2:5, 41:6 of hairs, Leviticus 13:37. Transitively, Ecclesiastes 2:6, יַעַר צוֹמֵחַ עֵצִים “the wood sprouting forth,” i.e. producing trees. Metaph. used of the first beginnings of things which occur in the world, Isaiah 42:9, 43:19 58:8. (The primary idea appears to be that of shining forth, compare Syr. ܨܡܰܚ to shine, Arab. طمح id).
Piel, i.q. Kal (used of the hairs and beard), Ezekiel 16:7; Judges 16:22.
Hiphil, to cause to sprout forth (plants from the earth), Genesis 2:9 followed by two acc., to make to sprout forth, as grass on the earth, Psalms 147:8. Metaph. הִצְמִיחַ צְדָקָה to cause deliverance [rather, righteousness] to exist, or spring up, Isaiah 45:8, 61:11. Whence