le.qesh denotes the crop’s spring growth, mentioned both as it begins to rise and after the king’s mowings.

The attested use identifies the spring crop as it begins to rise and as present after the king’s mowings in Amos 7:1.

1. Spring crop in its rising season · dominant

   In Amos 7:1, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the scene of locusts being formed “at the beginning of the spring crop's rising,” followed by the statement that the crop was present after the king’s mowings. The verse thus locates the term in the seasonal growth of a crop.

   Amos 7:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Amos 7:1, the APB presents the crop as “the spring crop's rising” and again as “the spring crop after the king's mowings.” These phrases show the verse’s presentation rather than a separate rendering for each occurrence.