H3138: יוֹרֶה
yôwreh · pronounced yo-reh' · “autumn rain”
Definition
sprinkling; hence, a sprinkling (or autumnal showers)
KJV translates it as: first rain, former (rain).
Word origin: active participle of H3384 (יָרָה);
Extended definition
1) early rain, autumn shower
1a) rain which falls in Palestine from late October until early December
1a) rain which falls in Palestine from late October until early December
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3138 is translated
- autumn rain ×2
Bible verses with H3138 (yôwreh)
Yôwreh appears in 2 verses.
- Deuteronomy 11:14
That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
- Jeremiah 5:24
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.