יוֹרֶהyoreh meaning in Biblical Hebrew
the first rain of the season (early autumn rain) · noun, masculine
Six months without a drop, and then one afternoon the dust jumps where the first heavy drops hit. That rain gets its own name in the Hebrew Bible, distinct from generic rain.
וְנָתַתִּי מְטַר־אַרְצְכֶם בְּעִתּוֹ יוֹרֶה וּמַלְקוֹשׁ וְאָסַפְתָּ דְגָנֶךָ וְתִירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ
“And I will give the rain of your land in its season, the yoreh and the malqosh, and you shall gather in your grain and your wine and your oil." — Deuteronomy 11:14”
Think of the smell of parched dust the moment the first heavy rain smacks into it after months of heat.
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