This denominative verb derives from the noun for 'blossom' and means to bloom or put forth flowers. Both occurrences appear in Song of Songs, describing the pomegranate trees blossoming. This is garden imagery at its most intimate—the beloved checking to see if spring has arrived, if vines have budded and pomegranates bloomed. The Hiphil form indicates the causative or factitive sense: the trees 'have caused blossoms' or 'have put forth blooms.' The verb captures that transitional moment when fruit trees shift from dormancy to fertility.