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title: יוֹרֶה — early rain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹרֶה (3138), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: early rain. BDB 1906: early rain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹרֶה

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«יוֹרֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **early rain** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 3138 · **BDB:** יוֹרֶה

### Glosses

autumn.rain (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

early rain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3138/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

early rain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3138/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] early rain, which falls in Palestine from the last of October until the first of December, opp. מַלְקוֹשׁ: Dt 11:14 Je 5:24 Ho 6:3 (where MT makes יו׳ Pt., or Hiph. Impf., but v. We); cf. also i. מוֹרֶה. Vid. further RobBR i, 429 f. ChaplinPEF 1883, 8 ff. KleinZPV iv, 72 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹרֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3138/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 11:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.11.14/)

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וְנָתַתִּ֧י מְטַֽר־אַרְצְכֶ֛ם בְּעִתּ֖וֹ יוֹרֶ֣ה וּמַלְק֑וֹשׁ וְאָסַפְתָּ֣ דְגָנֶ֔ךָ וְתִֽירֹשְׁךָ֖ וְיִצְהָרֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.give the.rain your.land your at its.appropriate time autumn.rain and spring.rain and you.will.gather grain your and your.new wine and your.fresh oil

*JPS 1917:* that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

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[Jeremiah 5:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.24/)

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וְלֹֽא־אָמְר֣וּ בִלְבָבָ֗ם נִ֤ירָא נָא֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ הַנֹּתֵ֗ן גֶּ֛שֶׁם יוֹרֶ֥ה וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ בְּעִתּ֑וֹ שְׁבֻע֛וֹת חֻקּ֥וֹת קָצִ֖יר יִשְׁמָר־לָֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* and not they.said in heart their let.us.fear please (et) Yahweh God our \[who\] gives rain autumn.rain and spring.rain at its.appropriate time \[the\].weeks of.\[the\].appointments of.harvest he.keeps for us

*JPS 1917:* Neither say they in their heart: 'Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth the former rain, and the latter in due season; that keepeth for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'

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