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Ezekiel 17:6

“And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

צָמַחtsâmach · tsaw-makh'
H6779 · Hebrew
Definition
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּצְמַ֡ח — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage
Occurs 33 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:5Genesis 2:9Genesis 3:18Genesis 41:6Genesis 41:23

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.