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 developing around the junction, with Kinneret College, Beit Gabriel Cultural Center, 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 (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