to spring
tsa.mach describes plants and hair coming up, an agent bringing growth, and the emergence of new things, healing, a horn, or a Branch.
Its most common attested use concerns vegetation coming up from the ground or appearing among grass, trees, ears, and vines. The forms also describe causing plant life to come forth, hair growing back, and the emergence of such nonvegetative realities as new things, healing, a horn, and a Branch.
Senses in use
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Vegetation coming up · dominant
Qal forms describe plant growth in concrete settings: in Genesis 41:6 and Genesis 41:23 the APB renders ears as “sprouting,” and in Exodus 10:5 it renders a tree as one that “springs up” from the field. In Ezekiel 17:6 the Qal sequential imperfect is followed by a vine’s branches and roots, while Isaiah 44:4 places the plural form among grass and willows.
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Bringing forth plant life · common
Hiphil forms occur where an agent or productive source is associated with growth. In Genesis 2:9 the APB renders the clause that the LORD God caused trees to come from the land; Psalm 104:14 and Psalm 147:8 similarly present grass in clauses of divine provision. Isaiah 55:10 places the form in the rain’s effect on the watered earth, and Isaiah 61:11 compares the earth and a garden bringing forth what has been sown.
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Emergence of nonvegetative realities · common
Qal imperfects frame “new things” and a “new thing” as coming forth in Isaiah 42:9 and Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 58:8 places the same form in the clause where healing appears quickly. Hiphil imperfects in Ezekiel 29:21 and Jeremiah 33:15 concern causing a horn and a righteous Branch to come forth, while Zechariah 6:12 uses a Qal imperfect for the named Branch coming up from under him.
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Regrowth of hair · occasional
The term is used of hair returning after removal or appearing as a bodily sign. In Judges 16:22 the Piel infinitive construct follows the statement that the hair had been shaved; in Leviticus 13:37 the Qal perfect concerns black hair appearing in the examined area. The Piel imperfect in 2 Samuel 10:5 concerns a beard before the men return.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies among “sprouting,” “springs up,” “spring up,” “grow,” “bring forth,” and “appear” across the cited clauses. These renderings show the verse-level contexts, but the translation does not align each English term to the Hebrew token.