מַלְקוֹשׁ
mal.qosh (H4456)
spring rain
AI Word Study
In the Hebrew language, the word מַלְקוֹשׁ (mal.qosh) refers to "spring rain." It is a specific type of rain that falls during the spring season, an important phenomenon in the Middle Eastern climate, where the majority of rainfall occurs during this time. This word, found eight times in the Bible, reflects the significance of spring rain for agriculture and the environment. It highlights the cyclic nature of Israel's weather patterns, where the land would rely on spring rains to grow crops, particularly at the end of the rainy season. This temporal reference also indicates a season of renewal and rejuvenation. The repetition of this term across various biblical texts underscores the seasonal significance of spring rain, pointing to its essential role in the region's ecosystem and agricultural cycles.
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that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
In the light of the king’s face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.
Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
They don’t say in their heart, ‘Let’s now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’
Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.
Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.