צָמַח tsâmach — to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
Translated in the KJV as bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud, make to) grow (again, up), spring (forth.
a primitive root; to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative).
tsâmach in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 8Participle (active) 4Perfect (qatal) 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Wayyiqtol 1
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 9Participle (active) 2Wayyiqtol 1Infinitive construct 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
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.
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Infinitive construct 1Perfect (qatal) 1
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›