Yoreh
/ˈjɔː.reɪ/noun
The first rain of the rainy season in the land of Israel.
Did you know?Yoreh appears in the Hebrew Bible as a divinely timed seasonal rain, especially in descriptions of agricultural blessing and renewal.
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
יוֹרֶה (yōreh)
“The early or first rain of the agricultural season.”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
ירה (y-r-h)
“A root associated with shooting or casting downward, and in another grammatical development, teaching or instructing.”
Ancient Israel
Hebrew
יֹרֶה
“The autumn rain that softened the soil for sowing.”
Medieval Hebrew
Hebrew
yoreh
“The seasonal first rain, preserved in Jewish scriptural and agricultural terminology.”
Modern English
English
yoreh
“An English loanword referring to the first rain of the rainy season in Israel.”