Zemach

Zemach (Hebrew: צמח) is a Hebrew word signifying 'branch', 'sprout' or 'shoot', metaphorically also growth, a new start, future hope, and biblically - the coming of the Messiah. It can occur as a surname. Spelling variations include Tsemach, Tzemach, Tsemah, Zemah, etc.

Places

Tsemah Junction, major road junction near the site of former Arab village of Samakh in Mandatory Palestine
Tzemach regional center [he] developing around the junction, with Kinneret College, Beit Gabriel Cultural Center [he], the Emek HaYarden Regional Council offices, a shopping centre, an industrial area, etc.

People

Given name

Tsemach Benveniste, Hebrew name of Francisco Mendes, husband of Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510 – 1569)
Zemach Shabad (1864-1935), Jewish physician and social and political activist
Zemah ben Hayyim, Gaon of Sura from 889 to 895
Zemah ben Paltoi (died 890), Gaon at Academy at Pumbeditha
Tzemach Dawid (1541–1613), Jewish chronicler, mathematician, historian, astronomer and astrologer
Tzemach Cunin (1976–2019), American rabbi, and the founder of the Chabad of Century City in Los Angeles, California

Surname

Roy Zemach (b. 1973), Israeli poet
Eddy Zemach (1935–2021), Israeli philosopher
Margot Zemach (1931–1989), American illustrator
Nahum Zemach [he] (1887–1939), Jewish stage actor and director, founder of Habima Theatre
Rita Zemach (1926–2015), American statistician
Shlomo Zemach (1886–1974), Israeli author, agriculturalist, and Zionist pioneer
Jacob ben Hayyim Zemah (17th century), Portuguese kabalist and physician

People known as "Tzemach"

Tzemach Tzedek (1789–1866), Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, more commonly known by the name of one of his published works, Tzemach Tzedek

Physics

Zemach radius of the proton

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