צֶמַח II, Tsemaḥ, allegorical name of the future Messiah. Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ top צ׳ שמו his name is Ts. (by ref. to Zech. VI, 12). Ib. הוא צ׳ הוא מנחם the numerical value of the letters צמח is the same as that of the letters of מנהם (138); Lam. R. to I, 16.