H3954 H3954
late crop, spring growth after early harvest
A term for the late spring crop or after-growth that comes up after the king's early harvest. Amos 7:1 describes a prophetic vision of locusts devouring this late crop—the vegetation that springs up after the king's mowing, which would have been the people's sustenance. The term may relate to the late rains (malkosh) that enable this second growth, though the exact botanical and agricultural reference remains debated.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Refers to late spring growth or after-crop that appears after the early harvest. Amos 7:1 mentions it twice: the prophet sees locusts forming 'at the beginning of the shooting up of the late crop—the late crop after the king's mowings.' This suggests a second crop vital to the people after royal taxation took the first. Spanish 'hierba tardía' (late grass) captures the timing. Some interpreters connect it etymologically to 'latter rain' (malkosh). 2×
AR["الْعُشْبِ-الْمُتَأَخِّرِ", "عُشْبٌ-مُتَأَخِّرٌ"]·ben["-পরবর্তী-শস্যের", "পরবর্তী-শস্য"]·DE["[הלקש]", "[לקש]"]·EN["the-late-crop"]·FR["glanure", "pour-paille"]·heb["ה-לֶּקשׁ", "לֶקשׁ"]·HI["पछेती-घास", "पछेती-घास-के"]·IT["[הלקש]", "[לקש]"]·jav["rumput", "rumput-wingking"]·KO["그-늦은-풀의", "늦은-풀이라"]·PT["o-rebento", "rebento"]·RU["поздней-травы", "поздняя-трава"]·ES["hierba-tardía", "la-hierba-tardía"]·SW["mvua-ya-masika"]·TR["ikinci-biçim", "ikinci-biçimin"]·urd["-آخری-فصل-کے", "آخری-فصل"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† לֶ֫קֶשׁ n.[m.] prob. after-growth, after-math, i.e. spring-crop (cf. GASm 12 Proph. i. 109);—only (2 times) Am 7:1, בִּתְחִלַּת עֲלוֹת הַלָּ֑קֶשׁ וְהִנֵּה לֶקֶשׁ אַחַר גִּזֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ׃.—> Other interpr. are: late-rain growth (from מַלְקוֹשׁ q.v.), HoffmZAW iii. (1883) 116; leaf-and-herb-gathering in spring, We after KleinZPV iv. 1881, 83; Anderlindviii. 1886, 62.