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# rain

«rain» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **water that falls from clouds in drops** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (rain); verb (rain, rains, rained, raining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Rain is water that falls from clouds in drops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#m1)

2) When it rains, water falls from the sky and the ground gets wet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#m2)

3) A rain of something is a lot of it falling: a rain of arrows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#m3)

4) «Rain check» (USA) means doing something another time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah rain is a gift from God. It is also a tool of judgment, as in the Flood and the fire on Sodom. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that God controls the rain and gives it as a reward for faithfulness. The Flood is read as a punishment for human violence. In the primary lessons: In maths: weather in the story; amounts of rain in inches or millimeters, days with rain; added, compared or averaged. In science: the water cycle (evaporation, clouds, rain), rain gauges, floods and droughts. In everyday life: raincoats, umbrellas, rained-off games. In stories: «it never rains but it pours», «right as rain» (well again).

### examples

- And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. (Torah GEN.7.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x1)
- the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. (Torah GEN.8.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x2)
- Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; (Torah GEN.19.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x3)
- Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields; (Writings JOB.5.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x4)
- He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. (Writings PSA.105.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x5)
- For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; (Writings SNG.2.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x6)
- It rained 3 inches on Monday and 2 inches on Tuesday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x7)
- It rained on 9 days in April. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x8)
- The game was stopped by rain after 40 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x9)
- How much rain fell in the week? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x10)
- Rain falls when water drops in clouds get too heavy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x11)
- Take your umbrella, it's going to rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x12)
- We measured the rain with a jar in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x13)
- Plants need rain to grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x14)
- After a good sleep she felt right as rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x15)
- The rain was falling in torrents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/#x16)

### note

Amounts of rain on different days are usually added or compared. Trap: «it rained for 3 days» counts days, «3 inches of rain» is an amount. «Rain» the noun is uncountable: «a lot of rain», not «rains» (except «the rains», a rainy season). Homophones: reign (a king's rule) and rein (strap for a horse). Safety: stay away from flooded roads and rivers after heavy rain.

### In the corpora

- [And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.183/)
- [the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.197/)
- [Then the LORD caused to rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.503/)
- [And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.632/)
- [Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.429/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.