mal.qosh denotes the seasonal rain associated with watered land, harvest, and eagerly awaited refreshment.

The term denotes a seasonally expected rain for the land, named with other rain and connected with harvest, vegetation, and its withholding or arrival. The same rain supplies comparisons for an awaited response and for a king’s acceptance, without requiring a separate lexical sense.

1. Seasonal rain for land and harvest · dominant

   The singular absolute noun names rain given or withheld in relation to the land: in Deuteronomy 11:14 the APB renders rain in its season so that grain, new wine, and oil may be gathered, while Jeremiah 3:3 renders its absence alongside withheld showers. In Jeremiah 5:24, Joel 2:23, and Zechariah 10:1, the APB places it among rain given by the LORD, with harvest weeks, vegetation, or the time for asking rain; Job 29:23 uses the same rain as the object of eager expectation.

   Deuteronomy 11:14Jeremiah 3:3Jeremiah 5:24Joel 2:23Zechariah 10:1Job 29:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB repeatedly presents the rain reference with the phrase "spring rain," including contexts of harvest, withheld showers, vegetation, and comparison. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, that repeated English phrasing is treated as confirmation of the verse-level setting rather than a precise lexical equivalence.