Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁלֶג‎ sheleg (sheh'-leg) snow ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁלַג‎

snow(-y).

• snow (probably from its whiteness)

1) snow

See Greek: χιών

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Aramaic form: תְּלַג
‎שֶׁלֶ֫ג‎ noun masculine^{Isa 55:10} snow; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Isa 1:18 +, ‎שָׁ֑לֶג‎ Exod 4:6 +; construct ‎שֶׁ֫לֶג‎ Jer 18:14 — snow, 2Sam 23:20 (‎׳‎‎יוֺם הַשּׁ‎) = 1Chr 11:22; Job 6:16; Job 37:6 (|| ‎גֶּשֶׁם מָטָר‎) Ps 147:16; Ps 148:8 ( + ‎אֵשׁ‎, ‎בָּרָד‎, ‎קִיטוֺר‎); ‎׳‎‎מֵימֵי שׁ‎ Job 24:19, compare Job 9:30 Qr (‎בְּמֵי‎, < Qr ‎בְּמוֺ‎ De Di Bu and others, snow as purifying; see also [‎מַי‎]; in poetry ‎׳‎‎אִצְרוֺת שׁ‎ Job 38:22 (|| ‎בָּרָד‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎); symbolic of cold Prov 31:21 as moistening, fertilizing Isa 55:10 (|| ‎גֶּשֶׁם‎); on mountains, figurative of normal habit, ‎לְבָנוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Jer 18:14 simile of whiteness, of leprosy Exod 4:6 (J), Num 12:10(E), 2Kgs 5:27 with ‎מִן‎ comp,, of fair skin Lam 4:7 (|| ‎חָלָב‎); simile of sins, ‎יַלְבִּינוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎כַּשּׁ‎ Isa 1:18, compare Ps 51:9* (‎מִן‎ compare); simile of refreshment Prov 25:13 (drink cooled by snow, see references in DeToy), of the unfitting ‎בַּקַיִץ‎ ‎׳‎‎כַּשּׁ‎ Prov 26:1 (|| ‎מָטָר‎). — On snow in Palestine see Nicol^{Hast. DB SNOW}.

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