Dict: smith - DEW

smith:

DEW - D>@ - This in the summer is so copious in Palestine that it supplies to some extent the absence of rain and becomes important to the agriculturist. Thus it is coupled in the divine blessing with rain, or mentioned as a prime source of fertility, kjv@Genesis:27:28 kjv@Genesis:33:13; kjv@Zechariah:8:12) and its withdrawal is attributed to a curse. (2 Samuel kjv@1:21; Kings:17:1; kjv@Haggai:1:10) It becomes a leading object in prophetic imagery by reason of its penetrating moisture without the apparent effort of rain, (32:2; kjv@Job:29:19; kjv@Psalms:133:3; kjv@Hosea:14:5) while its speedy evanescence typifies the transient goodness of the hypocrite. kjv@Hosea:6:4 kjv@Hosea:13:3)