מַלְקוֹשׁmalqôwsh
the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence
Pronunciation: mal-koshe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4456
Meanings
latter-rain, spring-rain, (i.e. showers of March-April; important, as strengthening and maturing crops) (Jeremiah 3:3; Hosea 6:3; Jeremiah 5:24; Joel 2:23; Deuteronomy 11:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 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.
- Job 29:23 They longed for me to speak as people long for rain. They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.
- Proverbs 16:15 When the king smiles, there is life; his favor refreshes like a spring rain.
- Jeremiah 3:3 That’s why even the spring rains have failed. For you are a brazen prostitute and completely shameless.
- 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.’
- Hosea 6:3 Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.”
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).