צָמַח
tsa.mach
“to spring”
Definition
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
a primitive root;
- to sprout, spring up, grow up 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to sprout, spring up 1a1a) of plants 1a1b) of hair 1a1c) of speech (fig.) 1b) (Piel) to grow abundantly or thickly 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to grow 1c2) to cause to sprout
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
צָמַח appears 30 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
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After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.
Then your light will break forth like the dawn,and your healing will come quickly.Your righteousness will go before you,and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
Surely this is the joy of his way;yet others will spring from the dust.
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