מוֹרֶה
môwreh · H4175 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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early or autumn rain
Rain falling from mid-October until early November that moistens and softens the soil for plowing and sowing, regarded as a blessing from YHWH
ExamplesPsalm 84:6 Passing through the Valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings.
Joel 2:23 So shout for joy, you sons of Zion, And rejoice in the LORD your God; For He has given you the early rain for your vindication. And He has brought down for you the rain, The early and latter rain as before.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- ךָyour 2
- יmy 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- גֶּשֶׁםrain 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- יָרָהto teach, to shoot 1
- כָּנַףto hide oneself 1
- עָטָהto cover 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
- רָאָהto see 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִיwho? 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קוֹלvoice, sound 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- מָטַר mâṭar · H4306 · rain
- The target term means '(early) rain', a temporally qualified type of rain, while מָטַר (mâṭar, H4306) means simply 'rain', the general term. Both denote precipitation, the target term being the more specific seasonal variant and מָטַר the broader term.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Rain001002005011
- In its most distinct sense מוֹרֶה names the early or autumn rain, as in Psalm 84:7's picture of pilgrims going "from strength to strength" under its provision.
- Know002004002007
- The same spelling also names a teacher or instructor, as in Job 36:22's rhetorical question, "God is exalted in His power; who is a teacher like Him?" — a sense tied to the domain of knowing and instructing.
- Names of Locations003001010
- This entry carries no independent "Names of Locations" sense of its own; this lexeme's genuine tagged occurrences (e.g. Psalm 84:7, Joel 2:23) describe the early autumn rain as a common noun, not a place name. The domain is bundle-shared with the identically-spelled place name Moreh (מוֹרֶה (Môwreh, H4176)); see מוֹרֶה (Môwreh, H4176).
- Names of Landforms003001008
- Likewise, the Names of Landforms domain appears to carry over from the same homograph, the hill/oak of Moreh (Genesis 12:6; Judges 7:1), rather than from an independently attested landform sense of the rain/teacher word itself.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4175. mowreh I. מוֺרֶה noun masculinePsa 84:7 (early) rain (compare יוֺרֶה); — Joe 2:23…
I. מוֺרֶה noun masculinePsa 84:7 (early) rain (compare יוֺרֶה); — Joe 2:23 (|| מַלְקוֺשׁ גֶּשֶׁם,) Joe 2:23 (strike out We), Psa 84:7.
II. מוֺרֶה noun masculineIsa 30:20 teacher; — absolute in מוֺרֶה אֵלוֺן Gen 12:6 (J) = מֹרֶה אֵלוֺנֵי Deu 11:30 (אֵלוֺן ᵐ5 ⅏), the teacher's terebinth (see אֵלוֺן) near Shechem; compare הַמּוֺרֶה גִּבְעַת Jdg 7:1 teacher's hill near the plain of Jezreel, probably Little Hermon, Nebî Daµî BdPal 244; the terebinth being a holy tree from which divine teaching was given, and the hill of the teacher the seat of a holy place whence divine teaching was given; see also (of God) Job 36:22; here belong probably likewise מוֺרָ֑י Pro 5:13, and מוֺרֶיךָ Isa 30:20 (twice in verse).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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