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title: מוֹרֶה — rain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹרֶה (lemma:מוֹרֶה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: rain. BDB 1906: n.m. (early) rain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹרֶה

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«מוֹרֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:מוֹרֶה · **BDB:** מוֹרֶה

### Glosses

early.rain (2); rain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5e8_5b6_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. (early) rain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5e8_5b6_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 84:7 (early) rain (cf. יוֹרֶה);—Jo 2:23 (‖ גֶּשֶׁם, מַלְקוֹשׁ) v 23 (del. We), ψ 84:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹרֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5e8_5b6_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 84:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.84.7/)

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עֹבְרֵ֤י ׀ בְּעֵ֣מֶק הַ֭בָּכָא מַעְיָ֣ן יְשִׁית֑וּהוּ גַּם־בְּ֝רָכ֗וֹת יַעְטֶ֥ה מוֹרֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[those.who\].pass in the.valley of.(the) Baca a.spring they make.it also blessings it.covers.\[it\] early.rain

*JPS 1917:* Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings.

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[Joel 2:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.23/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י צִיּ֗וֹן גִּ֤ילוּ וְשִׂמְחוּ֙ בַּיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־נָתַ֥ן לָכֶ֛ם אֶת־הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה לִצְדָקָ֑ה וַיּ֣וֹרֶד לָכֶ֗ם גֶּ֛שֶׁם מוֹרֶ֥ה וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ בָּרִאשֽׁוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and O.people of.Zion be.glad and rejoice in Yahweh God your (dm) he.has.given to you (et) the.early rain for righteousness and he.has.sent.down for you rain early.rain and spring.rain in the.first \[month\]

*JPS 1917:* Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God; for He giveth you the former rain in just measure, and He causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, at the first.

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