the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Strong's #4456 - מַלְקוֹשׁ
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- latter rain, spring rain
- the March and April rains which mature the crops of Palestine
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2321) sql (לקסה LQSh) AC: Gather CO: After-growth AB: ?: A late gathering of a crop after a late rain. [from: lq- gathering]
V) sql (לקסה LQSh) - Gather: To gather in the late crop. KJV (1): (vf: Piel) gather - Strongs: H3953 (לָקַשׁ)
Nm) sql (לקסה LQSh) - After-growth: KJV (2): latter growth - Strongs: H3954 (לֶקֶשׁ)
acm) sfqlm (מלקוסה MLQWSh) - Late rain: A late rain that causes a latter growth of crops. KJV (8): latter rain - Strongs: H4456 (מַלְקוֹשׁ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
מַלְקוֹשׁ m. (from the root לָקַשׁ) the latter (i.e. the spring) rain, which falls in Palestine in the months of March and April, before the harvest. Deuteronomy 11:14; Jeremiah 3:3, 5:24 opp. to the former or autumnal rain (יוֹרֶה, מוֹרֶה). Poet. an eloquent and profitable discourse is compared to the latter rain Job 29:23.