Lexical Definition

‎צֶמַח‎ tsemach (tseh'-makh) branch ^H:N-M
from ‎צָמַח‎

branch, bud, that which (where) grew (upon), spring(-ing).

• a sprout (usually concrete), literal or figurative

1) sprout, growth, branch
1a) sprouting, growth, sprout
1b) growth (of process)
1c) sprout, shoot (of Messiah from Davidic tree)

See Greek: ἀνατολή · ἄνθος · ἰσχύς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎צֶ֫מַח‎ noun masculine^{Jer 23:5} sprout, growth; — absolute ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Hos 8:7 +, ‎צֶ֑מַח‎ Zech 3:8 construct ‎צֶ֫מַח‎ Gen 19:25+; suffix ‎צִמְחָהּ‎ Ezek 17:9 +; —

1. collective sprouting, growth, ‎הָאֲדָמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Gen 19:25 (J), ‎הַשָּׂדֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Ezek 16:7 (simile), compare Isa 61:11; Ps 65:11* so ‎יהוה‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ Isa 4:2, ‎׳‎‎צ‎ absolute Hos 8:7 growth (= foliage) of vine, ‎׳‎‎טַרְפֵּי צ‎ Ezek 17:9.

2. process of growth, of vine, ‎עֲרֻגֹת צִמְתָהּ‎ Ezek 17:10 = the beds where it grew.

3. future ruler, under figure of sprout from Davidic tree (compare Ps 132:17) ‎וַהֲקִמֹתִי‎ ‎צַדִּיק‎ ‎׳‎‎לְדָוִר צ‎ Jer 23:5 a righteous sprout, shoot, = ‎צְדָקָה‎ ‎׳‎‎אַצְמִיחַ לְדָוִד צ‎ Jer 33:15 hence (as proper name) ‎׳‎‎עַבְדִּי צ‎ Zech 3:8, of Zerubbabel ‎שְׁמוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ צ‎ Zech 6:12.

‎צַמִּים‎ see ‎צמם‎. ‎צְמִיתֻת‎ see ‎צמת‎. below,

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