--- title: צָמַח — sprout · The Tanakh dictionary description: צָמַח (6779), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 33 times: sprout. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6779.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1510-2.md)‎ / צָמַח‎ # צָמַח «צָמַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sprout** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 33 times · **Key:** 6779 · **BDB:** צָמַח ### Glosses they.will.spring.up (3); I.will.make.grow (2); \[were\].springing.up (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) sprout [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6779/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6779/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. sprout, spring up (NH id., so 𝔗 צְמַח; Syriac ܨܡܰܚ spring or shine forth, ܨܶܡܚܳܐ shining, also sprout; Ph. צמח posterity);— Pf. 3 ms. צָֽמַח־בּוֹ Lv 13:37; 3 pl. וְצָֽמְחוּ consec. Is 44:4; Impf. 3 ms. יִצְמַח Jb 5:6, 3 fpl. תִּצְמַחְנָה Is 42:9, etc.; Pt. צֹמֵחַ Ex 10:5, צוֹמֵחַ Ec 2:6; fpl. צֹמְחוֹת Gn 41:6, 23;—sprout, spring up: of plants, trees, etc. Gn 2:5; Ex 10:5 (both J), Gn 41:6, 23 (E), Ez 17:6 (in fig.); once (late) יַעַר צוֹמֵחַ עֵצִים Ec 2:6 wood sprouting with trees (full of growing trees); fig. of future ruler (v. צֶמַח) Zc 6:12, posterity Is 44:4, cf. Jb 8:19, trouble (עָמָל) 5:6, truth (אֱמֶת) ψ 85:12, restoration (אֲרֻכָֽתְךָ) Is 58:8, future events Is 42:9. of hair Lv 13:37 (P; cf. Pi.). grow abundantly, always of hair;—Pf. 3 ms. צִמֵּחַ Ez 16:7 (in fig.): Impf. 3 ms. יִצַמַּח 2 S 10:5 = 1 Ch 19:5 (of beard); Inf. cstr. לְצַמֵּחַ Ju 16:22 (Samson’s hair). Pf. 3 ms. sf. וְהִצְמִיחָהּ Is 55:10; Impf. 3 ms. יַצְמִיחַ 2 S 23:5; Is 61:11, וַיַּצְמַח Gn 2:9, etc.; Inf. cstr. לְהַצְמִיחַ Jb 38:27; Pt. מַצְמִיחַ ψ 104:14; 147:8;— cause to grow, c. acc. of plant, subj. י׳ Gn 2:9 ψ 104:14, cf. Jb 38:27, c. 2 acc. ψ 147:8 who causeth mts. to sprout grass; fig., obj. צֶמַח צְדָקָה Je 33:15; horn (קֶרֶן) of Isr. Ez 29:21, of David ψ 132:17; righteousness, etc. Is 61:11b; cf. also 2 S 23:5 (if interrog., v. Dr Bu; otherwise HPS); subj. ground Gn 3:18 cf. Is 61:11a (sim.), Dt 29:22 (obj. om.); also (fig.) Is 45:8 (cf. Di Kit). of rain, cause the earth to sprout (abs.), Is 55:10. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «צָמַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6779/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 85:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.85.12/) אֱ֭מֶת מֵאֶ֣רֶץ תִּצְמָ֑ח וְ֝צֶ֗דֶק מִשָּׁמַ֥יִם נִשְׁקָֽף׃ *Word for word:* faithfulness from.\[the\] earth it.springs.up and righteousness from heaven it.looks.down *JPS 1917:* Truth springeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked down from heaven. [Judges 16:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.22/) וַיָּ֧חֶל שְׂעַר־רֹאשׁ֛וֹ לְצַמֵּ֖חַ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר גֻּלָּֽח׃פ *Word for word:* and it.began the.hair his.head his to grow.back when it.had.been.shaved *JPS 1917:* Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. - ← previous: [צִמּוּקִים](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6778.md) - next →: [צֶמַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6780.md) - ↑ back to [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1510-2.md)