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malqōš מַלְקוֹשׁ ‘spring rain’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from lāqaš לָקַשׁ ‘to glean’
Roots: לקשׁ

malqōš n, m
1) latter rain, spring rain
 1a) the March and April rains which mature the crops of Palestine

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 11:14 Jeremiah 5:24, 3:3 Hosea 6:3 Joel 2:23 Zechariah 10:1 Proverbs 16:15 Job 29:23

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