Zemach

Zemach 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. It can also be spelled Tsemach, Tzemach, Tsemah etc.

Places

• Tsemah Junction, also spelled Zemach, Tsemah, Tzemach, etc., major road junction near site of former Arab village of Samakh
• 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

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

Physics

• Zemach radius of the proton