יוֹרֶהyôwreh

early rain, which falls in Palestine from the last of October until the first of December, opposed to מַלְקוֺשׁ (Deuteronomy 11:14; Jeremiah 5:24; Hosea 6:3)

Pronunciation: yo-reh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3138

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 11:14 then he will send the rains in their proper seasons—the early and late rains—so you can bring in your harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil.
  • Jeremiah 5:24 They do not say from the heart, ‘Let us live in awe of the Lord our God, for he gives us rain each spring and fall, assuring us of a harvest when the time is right.’

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).