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צמח (tzamach) — pictograph word study

צמח

Meaning: sprout, spring up; Branch

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

צ Tsadi — value 90
Righteousness (tzedek), the righteous one (tzaddik); the hunter's hook turned to holy pursuit; ninety — Sarah's age at Isaac's promise letter page →
מ Mem — value 40
Water, flow, womb, source; forty — the number of testing and transformation (flood, Sinai, wilderness) letter page →
ח Chet — value 8
Life (chai = 18 = twice chet's letters chet-yod), fence, enclosure; eight — the number beyond nature's seven letter page →

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