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Psalms 104:14
“He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
צָמַחtsâmach · tsaw-makh'
H6779 · Hebrew
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
- מַצְמִ֤יחַ — verb Hiphil, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 33 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:5Genesis 2:9Genesis 3:18Genesis 41:6Genesis 41:23
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.