מַלְקוֹשׁ
Used: 8 times · Key: 4456 · BDB: מַלְקוֹשׁ
Glosses
spring.rain (6); of.spring.rain (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
latter-rain tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. latter-rain, spring-rain tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Je 3:3 latter-rain, spring-rain (i.e. showers of March–April; important, as strengthening and maturing crops); מ׳ Ho 6:3 + 7 times;—related to גֶּשֶׁם as particular to general, opp. יוֹרֶה (former rain, q.v.): Ho 6:3 Je 5:24, so opp. מוֹרֶה Jo 2:23; particular under מָטָר Dt 11:14 (opp. יוֹרֶה), Zc 10:1 (+ מְטַר־גֶּשֶׁם), Jb 29:23; ‖ רְבִבִים Je 3:3; עָב מ׳ Pr 16:15 spring-rain-cloud (sim. of king’s favour).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מַלְקוֹשׁ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
בְּאוֹר־פְּנֵי־מֶ֥לֶךְ חַיִּ֑ים וּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹ כְּעָ֣ב מַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃
Word for word: [is].in.[the] light of.[the].face of.a.king life and favor his [is].like a.cloud of.spring.rain
JPS 1917: In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
וְיִֽחֲל֣וּ כַמָּטָ֣ר לִ֑י וּ֝פִיהֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃
Word for word: and they.waited like the rain for me and mouth their they.opened.wide for spring.rain
JPS 1917: And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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