- מלקוש
- מַלְקוֹשm. (b. h.; לָקַש) late rain. Taan.6a מ׳ בניסן the late rain (the malkosh of the Bible) is the rain in Nisan. Ib. (play on מ̇ל̇ק̇וש̇) דבר שמ̇ל̇ ק̇ש̇יותןוכ׳ Rashi (ed. קשיותיהן) something which crushes the stiffneckedness of the Israelites (who humble themselves in prayer for rain); דבר הממ̇ל̇א תבואה בֹקש̇יה something which fills the grain in its stalks; דבר שיורד על המ̇ל̇ילות ועל הק̇ש̇ין which falls upon both the ears and the stalks; Yalk. Deut. 863. Sifré Deut s. 41; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.