{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4305",
  "lemma": "מָטַר",
  "transliteration": "mâṭar",
  "definition": "to rain",
  "kjv": "(cause to) rain (upon).",
  "occurrences": 17,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[מָטַר] vb. denom. [rain]",
    "Niph. be rained upon",
    "Hiph. send rain, rain"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:5",
      "text": "No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 7:4",
      "text": "In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/7?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:24",
      "text": "Then the LORD rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of the sky.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 9:18",
      "text": "Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/9?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 9:23",
      "text": "Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and the LORD sent thunder and hail; and lightning flashed down to the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/9?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 16:4",
      "text": "Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/16?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 5:6",
      "text": "I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 38:22",
      "text": "I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood. I will rain on him, on his hordes, and on the many…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/38?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Amos 4:7",
      "text": "“I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/4?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 11:6",
      "text": "On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/11?v=6"
    }
  ],
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