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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #06779 - צָמַח
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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.
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
the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany