What does שֶׁלֶג (šeleg) mean in the Bible?
שֶׁלֶג (šeleg): White precipitation associated with purity and cleansing in biblical imagery and metaphor
Hebrew · H7950
שֶׁלֶג
Snow (probably from its whiteness )
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שֶׁלֶג H7950
Pronunciation šeleg
What does שֶׁלֶג (šeleg) mean in the Bible?
שֶׁלֶג (šeleg): White precipitation associated with purity and cleansing in biblical imagery and metaphor
Full entry for שֶׁלֶג (H7950) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7950?
The BSB source-word alignment has 20 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and on a snowy (2), of snow (2), snow (2), than snow (2), [as white] as snow (1).
Where does שֶׁלֶג (šeleg) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 4:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Job (5), Proverbs (3), Psalms (3), Isaiah (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and on a snowy 2× 2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22
of snow 2× Job 38:22, Proverbs 25:13
snow 2× Job 6:16, Psalms 148:8
than snow 2× Psalms 51:7, Lamentations 4:7
[as white] as snow 1× 2 Kings 5:27
[white] as snow 1× Numbers 12:10
and snow 1× Isaiah 55:10
as snow 1× Isaiah 1:18
Does the snow 1× Jeremiah 18:14
Like snow 1× Proverbs 26:1
the melting snow 1× Job 24:19
the snow 1× Psalms 147:16
to the snow 1× Job 37:6
When it snows 1× Proverbs 31:21
white as snow 1× Exodus 4:6
with snow 1× Job 9:30
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 4:6 כַּשָּֽׁלֶג׃ to white as snow Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Numbers 12:10 כַּשָּׁ֑לֶג to [white] as snow Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular 2 Samuel 23:20 הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃ to and on a snowy Article | Noun - masculine singular 2 Kings 5:27 כַּשָּֽׁלֶג׃ס to [as white] as snow Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1 Chronicles 11:22 הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃ to and on a snowy Article | Noun - masculine singular Job 6:16 שָֽׁלֶג׃ to snow Noun - masculine singular Job 9:30 שָׁ֑לֶג to with snow Noun - masculine singular Job 24:19 שֶׁ֗לֶג to the melting snow Noun - masculine singular Job 37:6 לַשֶּׁ֨לַג׀ to to the snow Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Job 38:22 שָׁ֑לֶג to of snow Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 4:6
Aligned rows 20
Books represented 11
Exodus 1 Numbers 1 2 Samuel 1 2 Kings 1 1 Chronicles 1 Job 5 Psalms 3 Proverbs 3 Isaiah 2 Jeremiah 1 Lamentations 1
Source forms
שֶׁ֣לֶג 3x še·leḡ Psalms 147:16, Psalms 148:8, Jeremiah 18:14
הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃ 2x haš·šā·leḡ 2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22
שָׁ֑לֶג 2x šā·leḡ Job 9:30, Job 38:22
וְהַשֶּׁ֜לֶג 1x wə·haš·še·leḡ Isaiah 55:10
וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג 1x ū·miš·še·leḡ Psalms 51:7
כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג 1x kaš·še·leḡ Isaiah 1:18
כַּשָּׁ֑לֶג 1x kaš·šā·leḡ Numbers 12:10
כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג׀ 1x kaš·še·leḡ Proverbs 26:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 7x Job 6:16, Job 9:30, Job 24:19, Job 38:22
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular 5x Exodus 4:6, Numbers 12:10, 2 Kings 5:27, Proverbs 26:1
Article | Noun - masculine singular 2x 2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular 2x Proverbs 31:21, Lamentations 4:7
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Isaiah 55:10
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular 1x Psalms 51:7
Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Jeremiah 18:14
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Job 37:6
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. White precipitation associated with purity and cleansing in biblical imagery and metaphor
Source Gloss
snow (probably from its whiteness )
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
White precipitation associated with purity and cleansing in biblical imagery and metaphor
snow (probably from its whiteness) BDB: snow Usage: snow(-y).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
cold refreshment bringing relief, metaphor for faithful messenger
unseasonable occurrence, incongruous or inappropriate event
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 20 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
שֶׁלֶג is built from this root:
שָׁלַג H7949
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain