Lexical Definition

‎לֶקֶשׁ‎ leqesh (leh'-kesh) spring crop ^H:N-M
from ‎לָקַשׁ‎

latter growth.

• the after crop

1) after-growth, aftermath, spring-crop, late crop after-growth

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לֶ֫קֶשׁ‎ noun [masculine] probably after-growth, after-math, i.e. spring-crop (compare GASm^{12 Proph. i. 109}); — only (2 t.) Amos 7:1, ‎בִּתְחִלַּת עֲלוֺת הַלָּ֑קֶשׁ וְהִנֵּה‎ ‎לֶקֶשׁ אַחַר נִּזֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ׃‎. — > Other interpretations are: late-rain growth (from ‎מַלְקוֺשׁ‎ q. v.), Hoffm^{ZAW iii. (1883) 116}; leaf-and-herb-gathering in spring, We after Klein^{ZPV iv. 1881, 83}; Anderlind^{viii. 1886, 62}.

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