For as the rain
geshem (gheh'-shem)
a shower -- rain, shower.
cometh down
yarad (yaw-rad')
to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
and the snow
sheleg (sheh'-leg)
snow (probably from its whiteness) -- snow(-y).
from heaven
shamayim (shaw-mah'-yim)
air, astrologer, heaven(-s).
and returneth
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
not thither but watereth
ravah (raw-vaw')
to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites) -- bathe, make drunk, (take the) fill, satiate, (abundantly) satisfy, soak, water (abundantly).
the earth
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
and maketh it bring forth
yalad (yaw-lad')
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
and bud
tsamach (tsaw-makh')
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative) -- bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
that it may give
nathan (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
seed
zera` (zeh'-rah)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity -- carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
to the sower
zara` (zaw-rah')
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify -- bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
and bread
lechem (lekh'-em)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) -- (shew-)bread, eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
to the eater
'akal (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
