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Genesis 12:6

And Raised-Father is passing-by in the Earth, until the Standing-place of Shoulder,473 until the oak of Teacher/Shooter;474 and at that time the Humbled-one is in the Earth.475


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Strong’s #436 and #4175. elown moreh. Oak אֵל֣וֹן (a strong and hardy tree, strong, god-like, authoritative implied) of the Teacher. Moreh means “teacher” and “early rains”, but also “shooter” from the root yarah #3384 to throw, shoot (arrow). Derivative is Torah (the Law). See Deuteronomy 11:30 “Oaks of the Teacher/Rain”, Judges 7:1 “hill of the Teacher/Rain” and Joel 2:23 “early rains”.

The Latter Rain is מַלְקוֹשׁ, malqosh, stemming from the root verb to take. This gives reference to “spring” rains or the season of gathering and harvest that occurs, “Thus hath the Master Yahweh caused me to see, and lo, He is forming locusts at the start of the ascending of the latter growth, and behold, the latter growth is behind the mowings of the king” Amos 7:1 literal

The Early Rain is יוֹרֶה, yoreh, from the root verb to throw, cast, shoot (#3384).