Lexical Definition

‎צוּץ‎ tsûwts (tsoots) to blossom ^H:V
a primitive root

bloom, blossom, flourish, shew self.

• to twinkle, i.e. glance
• by analogy, to blossom (figuratively, flourish)

1) to blossom, shine, sparkle
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to flourish
1a2) to shine, gleam
1b) (Hiphil) to blossom, put forth blossoms, produce blossoms
2) (Hiphil) to gaze, peep, glance, make the eyes sparkle

See Greek: βλαστάνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎צוּץ‎, ‎צִיץ‎]

verb 1. blossom.

2. shine, sparkle (perhaps original meaning of √, but connection of

1, 2. dubious) (Late Hebrew id. Hiph`il, figurative senses, ‎צִיץ‎ noun = Biblical Hebrew); —

Qal Perfect

1. 3 masculine singular ‎צָץ הַמַּטֶּה‎ Ezek 7:10 (figurative; || ‎פָּרַח הַזָּדוֺן‎); Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָצִיץ‎ Ps 90:6 (of grass, ‎חָצִיר‎), Ps 103:15 (man under figure of flower), figurative ‎׳‎‎יָצִיץ וּפָרַח יִשׂ‎ Isa 27:6 3 masculine plural ‎יָצִיצוּ‎ Ps 72:16, ‎וַיָּצִיצוּ‎ Ps 92:8* (|| ‎פָּרַח‎; both figurative of men =) flourish.

2. shine, gleam: of crown (‎נֵזֶר‎) Ps 132:18. Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיָּצֵץ צִיץ‎ Num 17:23* it put forth blossoms (of rod; ‎ֵ֯‎ perhaps from || ‎וַיֹּצֵא פֶרַח‎).

II. [‎צוּץ‎] verb Hiph`il gaze, peep (Late Hebrew Hiph`il gaze (rare); Aramaic ‎צִיץ‎ gaze); — Participle ‎מֵצִיץ מִןהַֿחֲרַכִּים‎ Song 2:9 (see ‎׳‎‎ח‎, p. 355).

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