שֶׁ֫לֶג
she.leg
“snow”
Definition
snow (probably from its whiteness)
from H7949 (שָׁלַג);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שֶׁ֫לֶג appears 19 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
Does the snow of Lebanonever leave its rocky slopes?Or do its cool waters flowing from a distanceever run dry?
Have you entered the storehouses of snowor observed the storehouses of hail,
Her dignitaries were brighter than snow,whiter than milk;their bodies were more ruddy than rubies,their appearance like sapphires.
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