Original Language Studio
Genesis 2:9
“And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- יַּצְמַ֞ח — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 33 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:5Genesis 3:18Genesis 41:6Genesis 41:23Exodus 10:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read צָמַח here.
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.