{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4456",
  "lemma": "מַלְקוֹשׁ",
  "transliteration": "malqôwsh",
  "definition": "the spring rain; figuratively, eloquence",
  "kjv": "latter rain.",
  "occurrences": 8,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H3953",
      "lemma": "לָקַשׁ",
      "transliteration": "lâqash",
      "meaning": "to gather the after crop",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3953"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַלְקוֹשׁ n.m. latter-rain, spring-rain (i.e. showers of March-April; important as strengthening and maturing crops)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 11:14",
      "text": "that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/11?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 3:3",
      "text": "Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/3?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 5:24",
      "text": "They don’t say in their heart, ‘Let’s now fear the LORD our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/5?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Hosea 6:3",
      "text": "Let’s acknowledge the LORD. Let’s press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, the LORD will appear. He will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/6?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joel 2:23",
      "text": "“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joel/2?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Zechariah 10:1",
      "text": "Ask of the LORD rain in the spring time, the LORD who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/10?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 16:15",
      "text": "In the light of the king’s face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/16?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 29:23",
      "text": "They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/29?v=23"
    }
  ],
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  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}