Proverbs 25:23

The north wind driveth away rain,.... So the geographer says, the swift north wind drives away the moist clouds; which usually come from the opposite quarter, the south. The word used has the signification of conceiving, and begetting, and bringing forth; hence some render it to a different sense, and so the Targum,"the north wind bringeth forth rain;''and in this sense Gersom interprets it, and says,"the north wind produces rain in Jerusalem, because it brings there the vapours that ascend from the sea, which lies north unto it;''and the philosopher says, that in the northern parts of the world the south wind produces rain; and in the southern parts the north wind produces it, as in Judea.