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# מוֹרֶה

Biblical Hebrew

**rain** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

rain [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5e8_5b6_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מוֹרֶה: n.m. (early) rain [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5e8_5b6_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 84:7 (early) rain (cf. יוֹרֶה);—Jo 2:23 (‖ גֶּשֶׁם, מַלְקוֹשׁ) v 23 (del. We), ψ 84:7.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: early rain (2); rain (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 84:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.84.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.84.7/#tree)

עֹבְרֵ֤י ׀ בְּעֵ֣מֶק הַ֭בָּכָא מַעְיָ֣ן יְשִׁית֑וּהוּ גַּם־בְּ֝רָכ֗וֹת יַעְטֶ֥ה מוֹרֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[those.who\].pass in the.valley of.(the) Baca a.spring they make.it also blessings it.covers.\[it\] early.rain

*JPS 1917:* Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings.

[Joel 2:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.23/#tree)

וּבְנֵ֣י צִיּ֗וֹן גִּ֤ילוּ וְשִׂמְחוּ֙ בַּיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־נָתַ֥ן לָכֶ֛ם אֶת־הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה לִצְדָקָ֑ה וַיּ֣וֹרֶד לָכֶ֗ם גֶּ֛שֶׁם מוֹרֶ֥ה וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ בָּרִאשֽׁוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and O.people of.Zion be.glad and rejoice in Yahweh God your (dm) he.has.given to you (et) the.early rain for righteousness and he.has.sent.down for you rain early.rain and spring.rain in the.first \[month\]

*JPS 1917:* Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God; for He giveth you the former rain in just measure, and He causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, at the first.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5b9_5e8_5b6_5d4/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).