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Re: tsemach as "the Branch", Zechariah 3:8, 6:12,

From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben and Jo Crick)
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: tsemach as "the Branch", Zechariah 3:8, 6:12,
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 11:50:24 +0000

On Wed 25 Dec 2002 (20:57:52), mshulman AT ix.netcom.com wrote:
> tzemach refers to something that is growing, a plant or
> anything of that nature. (Remember that English is not Hebrew.)

FWIW, I like to think of CeMaX as a Sport or a Scion. The Tree of Jesse
was felled at the Exile (2 Kings 25:6-7), but the "stump" would remain in the
ground for a new CeMaX to eventually appear. God had promised to David that
there would always be a Davidic king to sit upon the throne. See Psalm 89.
See also Psalm 2 and 2 Samuel 7:25-29.

Regards,
Ben
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Re: tsemach as "the Branch", Zechariah 3:8, 6:12,, Ben and Jo Crick, 12/26/2002