Definition

sprinkling; hence, a sprinkling (or autumnal showers)

Etymology

active participle of H3384 (יָרָה);

Word family

• יָרָה yârâh

How the KJV renders it

• first rain
• former (rain)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.