sa.phi.ach denotes crop growth that comes up without sowing and may be reaped or eaten.

The term denotes growth that comes up apart from sowing: it is not to be reaped in the land's sabbath and jubilee instructions, while the sign passages describe eating what grows of itself before sowing resumes.

1. Crop growth arising without sowing · dominant

   In Leviticus 25:5 and Leviticus 25:11, the noun occurs in commands not to reap such growth during the land's sabbath and jubilee year; the APB renders the clauses "aftergrowth of your harvest" and "its aftergrowth." In 2 Kings 19:29 and Isaiah 37:30, the singular absolute form stands in a sign concerning food for the first year, before the later instruction to sow and reap; the APB renders the first year's provision as "what grows of itself."

   Leviticus 25:5Leviticus 25:112 Kings 19:29Isaiah 37:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "aftergrowth" in Leviticus 25:5 and Leviticus 25:11. In 2 Kings 19:29 and Isaiah 37:30 it presents the first-year food as "what grows of itself".