Lexicon
צוּץ
tsuts
H6692A
H:V Hebrew

to blossom

8
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4
Books
Hebrew
Language

tsuts describes flowering or sprouting forth, of plants and imagery such as a rod or consecration.

The attested use describes flowering or sprouting forth: grass and a field flower, Israel and fruitfulness are pictured in growth, and the image is also applied to a rod and to consecration. The sequential imperfect form in Psalm 92:8 is present in the supplied data, though the APB translation does not make its clause-level contribution clear.

Senses in use

  1. Flowering or sprouting forth · dominant

    The Hiphil imperfect forms occur in scenes of visible growth: in Isaiah 27:6 the APB renders Israel as one that “will blossom and sprout” and fill the world with fruit; in Psalm 103:15 and Psalm 90:6 it renders the flowering of a field flower and of morning growth. The same imagery is extended in Psalm 72:16 to fruit and people flourishing from the city, and in Psalm 132:18 to consecration that “will blossom”; Ezekiel 7:10 uses the Qal perfect form in the clause the APB renders “the rod has blossomed.” Psalm 92:8 has a sequential imperfect form, but its supplied APB text does not isolate the term's contribution.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “blossom” or “blossomed,” and in Isaiah 27:6 pairs it with “sprout.” In Psalm 92:8, however, the supplied translation gives only “But you, O LORD, are on high forever,” so it does not show a corresponding English expression for the form.

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