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. 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 developing around the junction, with Kinneret College, , 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 (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