Lexicon :: Strong's H6779 - ṣāmaḥ

no shrub of the field had yet grown on the land,[fn] and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground.

The LORD God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

“It will produce thorns and thistles for you,

and you will eat the plants of the field.

After them, seven heads of grain, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up.

“After them, seven heads of grain ​— ​withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind ​— ​sprouted up.

“They will cover the surface of the land so that no one will be able to see the land. They will eat the remainder left to you that escaped the hail; they will eat every tree you have growing in the fields.

“But if as far as he can see, the scaly outbreak remains unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed; he is clean. The priest is to pronounce the person clean.

“All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD demolished in his fierce anger.

But his hair began to grow back after it had been shaved.

When this was reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, since they were deeply humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.”

Is it not true my house is with God?

For he has established a permanent covenant with me,

ordered and secured in every detail.

Will he not bring about

my whole salvation and my every desire?

It was reported to David about his men, so he sent messengers to meet them, since the men were deeply humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.”

For distress does not grow out of the soil,

and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

Surely this is the joy of his way of life;

yet others will sprout from the dust.

to satisfy the parched wasteland

and cause the grass to sprout?

Truth will spring up from the earth,

and righteousness will look down from heaven.

He causes grass to grow for the livestock

and provides crops for man to cultivate,

producing food from the earth,

“There I will make a horn grow for David;

I have prepared a lamp[fn] for my anointed one.

who covers the sky with clouds,

prepares rain for the earth,

and causes grass to grow on the hills.

I constructed reservoirs for myself from which to irrigate a grove of flourishing trees.

“The past events have indeed happened.

Now I declare new events;

I announce them to you before they occur.”

“Look, I am about to do something new;

even now it is coming. Do you not see it?

Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,

rivers[fn] in the desert.

“They will sprout among[fn] the grass

like poplars by flowing streams.

“Heavens, sprinkle from above,

and let the skies shower righteousness.

Let the earth open up

so that salvation will sprout

and righteousness will spring up with it.

I, the LORD, have created it.

“For just as rain and snow fall from heaven

and do not return there

without saturating the earth

and making it germinate and sprout,

and providing seed to sow

and food to eat,

“Then your light will appear like the dawn,

and your recovery will come quickly.

Your righteousness will go before you,

and the LORD’s glory will be your rear guard.

For as the earth produces its growth,

and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,

so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise

to spring up before all the nations.

“In those days and at that time

I will cause a Righteous Branch

to sprout up for David,

and he will administer justice

and righteousness in the land.

I made you thrive[fn] like plants of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful.[fn] Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were stark naked.

“It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height with its branches turned toward him, yet its roots stayed under it. So it became a vine, produced branches, and sent out shoots.

“In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will enable you to speak out among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

“You are to tell him: This is what the LORD of Armies says: Here is a man whose name is Branch; he will branch out from his place and build the LORD’s temple.