H4456
מַלְקוֹשׁ
spring rain
1) latter rain, spring rain 1a) the March and April rains which mature the crops of Palestine
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
מַלְקוֺשׁ noun masculineJer 3:3 latter-rain, spring-rain (i.e. showers of March-April; important, as strengthening and maturing crops); ׳מ Hos 6:3 + 7 t.; — related to גֶּשֶׁם as particular to general, opposed to יוֺרֶה (former rain, q. v.): Hos 6:3; Jer 5:24 so opposed to מוֺרֶה Joel 2:23 particular under מָטָר Deut 11:14 (opposed to יוֺרֶה), Zech 10:1 (+ מְטַרגֶּֿשֶׁם), Job 29:23 || רְבִבִים Jer 3:3 ׳עָב מ Prov 16:15 spring-rain-cloud (simile of king's favour).
6 occurrences
Deuteronomy (1), Jeremiah (2), Hosea (1), Joel (1), Zechariah (1)