Jastrow: צֶמַח I

צֶמַח I m. (b. h.; preced.) growth, sprout, plant. Pirké d’R. El. ch. V לברך צִמְחָהּ של ארץ to bless the growth of the earth. Ib. הארץ מתעברת וצמחה כאשה וכ׳ the earth becomes pregnant, and what she produces is like the issue of a widow that conceived in whoredom. Ib. וצמחה … ברכה and what she produces is a blessed seed. Tanḥ. Ki Thetsé 4 and the people say, זה צ׳ רשע this is a wicked growth (the father of a wicked son); a. e.—Pl. צְמָחִים, צְמָהִין. Y. Shek. I, beg. 45ᵈ לא כדי שיהו הצ׳ ניכרין is it not (necessary to wait with the examination) until the growths are sufficiently advanced to be distinguishable?; a. e.—Trnsf. morbid growths, swellings, ulcers, eruptions. B. Kam. 85ᵃ אם עלו בו צ׳ מחמת המכה וכ׳ if ulcers grew on his body in consequence of the wound, so that the wound is covered up. Ḥull. 48ᵃ העלתה צ׳ if the lungs have ulcers (or blisters); a. e.