יוֹרֶה I, a soaking rain, early rain. Sifré Deut. 42 (ref. to Deut. XI, 14) י׳ במרחשון וכ׳ yoreh (early rain) is the rain of Marḥeshvan, the late rain (malkosh) in Nisan; Taan. 5ᵃ. Ib. (ref. to Mish. ib. I, 2) י׳ בניסן וכ׳ is the yoreh in Nisan? is it not in Marḥeshvan? Ib. 6ᵃ; a. e.—Trnsf. early season, spring. Tanḥ. Ḥayé 6 (ref. to Koh. XI, 6) אם זרעת בי׳ וכ׳ if thou hast sown in the spring &c.; cmp. בַּכִּיר.—