מלקוש
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ל־ק־שׁ (l-q-sh) |
| 1 term |
From the root ל־ק־שׁ, relating to lateness.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /mal.ˈkoʃ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /mal.ˈqoːʃ/
- (biblical) IPA(key): /mal.ˈqoːʃ/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /mal.ˈkojʃ/, [mal.ˈkejʃ]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /mæl.ˈɡøːʃ/, [mæl.ˈɡeːʃ]
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /mæl.ˈɢoʃ/, [mæl.ˈʁoʃ]
Noun
מַלְקוֹשׁ • (malkósh) m (plural indefinite מַלְקוֹשִׁים) [pattern: מַקְטוֹל]
- the latter rain, the spring rain, a Mediterranean rain phenomenon which falls during the months of Adar and Nisan (roughly corresponding to the months of March and April)
- Tanach, Deuteronomy 11:14, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְנָתַתִּי מְטַר־אַרְצְכֶם בְּעִתּוֹ יוֹרֶה וּמַלְקוֹשׁ וְאָסַפְתָּ דְגָנֶךָ וְתִירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ׃
- v'natatí m'tár artz'khém b'itó yoré u'malkósh v'asaftá d'ganékha v'tirosh'khá v'yitzharékha
- I will grant the rain for your land in season, the early rain and the late. You shall gather in your new grain and wine and oil—
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | מַלְקוֹשׁ | first | מַלְקוֹשִׁי | מַלְקוֹשֵׁנוּ | ||
| definite | הַמַּלְקוֹשׁ | second | מַלְקוֹשְׁךָ | מַלְקוֹשֵׁךְ | מַלְקוֹשְׁכֶם | מַלְקוֹשְׁכֶן | |
| construct | מַלְקוֹשׁ־ | third | מַלְקוֹשׁוֹ | מַלְקוֹשָׁהּ | מַלְקוֹשָׁם | מַלְקוֹשָׁן | |
| plural | indefinite | מַלְקוֹשִׁים | first | מלקושיי / מַלְקוֹשַׁי | מַלְקוֹשֵׁינוּ | ||
| definite | הַמַּלְקוֹשִׁים | second | מַלְקוֹשֶׁיךָ | מלקושייך / מַלְקוֹשַׁיִךְ | מַלְקוֹשֵׁיכֶם | מַלְקוֹשֵׁיכֶן | |
| construct | מַלְקוֹשֵׁי־ | third | מַלְקוֹשָׁיו | מַלְקוֹשֶׁיהָ | מַלְקוֹשֵׁיהֶם | מַלְקוֹשֵׁיהֶן | |
References
- H4456 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “מלקוש”, in Milog (in Hebrew)
- על המילה מַלְקוֹשׁ, in the Academy of the Hebrew Language