sa.ir denotes rain-like showers in the imagery of teaching falling upon grass and vegetation.

The attested use presents rain-like showers as part of a comparison in which teaching and speech descend upon grass and vegetation.

1. Rain-like showers in a falling comparison · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 32:2, the masculine plural absolute form occurs in a sequence comparing teaching and speech to rain, dew, and showers upon grass and vegetation; the APB renders the clause "like showers upon the grass and like showers upon the vegetation."

   Deuteronomy 32:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Deuteronomy 32:2, the APB presents the image with "showers upon the grass" and "showers upon the vegetation." The precise English correspondence of the form cannot be isolated with certainty.