שֶׁלֶג

שֶׁלֶ֫ג noun masculine^{Es 55,10} snow; — absolute ׳שׁ Es 1,18 +, שָׁ֑לֶג 2 Mos 4,6 +; construct שֶׁ֫לֶג Jer 18,14 — snow, 2 Sam 23,20 (׳יוֺם הַשּׁ) = 1 Kron 11,22; Job 6,16; Job 37,6 (|| גֶּשֶׁם מָטָר) Sl 147,16; Sl 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 Ord 31,21 as moistening, fertilizing Es 55,10 (|| גֶּשֶׁם); on mountains, figurative of normal habit, לְבָנוֺן ׳שׁ Jer 18,14 simile of whiteness, of leprosy 2 Mos 4,6 (J), 4 Mos 12,10(E), 2 Kong 5,27 with מִן comp,, of fair skin Klg 4,7 (|| חָלָב); simile of sins, יַלְבִּינוּ ׳כַּשּׁ Es 1,18, compare Sl 51,9 (מִן compare); simile of refreshment Ord 25,13 (drink cooled by snow, see references in DeToy), of the unfitting בַּקַיִץ ׳כַּשּׁ Ord 26,1 (|| מָטָר). — On snow in Palestine see Nicol^{Hast. DB SNOW}.