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שֶׁלֶג

Snow (probably from its whiteness )

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שֶׁלֶגH7950
Pronunciationšeleg

What does שֶׁלֶג (šeleg) mean in the Bible?

שֶׁלֶג (šeleg): White precipitation associated with purity and cleansing in biblical imagery and metaphor

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Questions this entry answers

What does שֶׁלֶג (šeleg) mean in the Bible?

שֶׁלֶג (šeleg): White precipitation associated with purity and cleansing in biblical imagery and metaphor

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 snowy2×2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22
of snow2×Job 38:22, Proverbs 25:13
snow2×Job 6:16, Psalms 148:8
than snow2×Psalms 51:7, Lamentations 4:7
[as white] as snow1×2 Kings 5:27
[white] as snow1×Numbers 12:10
and snow1×Isaiah 55:10
as snow1×Isaiah 1:18
Does the snow1×Jeremiah 18:14
Like snow1×Proverbs 26:1
the melting snow1×Job 24:19
the snow1×Psalms 147:16
to the snow1×Job 37:6
When it snows1×Proverbs 31:21
white as snow1×Exodus 4:6
with snow1×Job 9:30
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 4:6כַּשָּֽׁלֶג׃towhite as snowPreposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularNumbers 12:10כַּשָּׁ֑לֶגto[white] as snowPreposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular2 Samuel 23:20הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃toand on a snowyArticle | Noun - masculine singular2 Kings 5:27כַּשָּֽׁלֶג׃סto[as white] as snowPreposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular1 Chronicles 11:22הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃toand on a snowyArticle | Noun - masculine singularJob 6:16שָֽׁלֶג׃tosnowNoun - masculine singularJob 9:30שָׁ֑לֶגtowith snowNoun - masculine singularJob 24:19שֶׁ֗לֶגtothe melting snowNoun - masculine singularJob 37:6לַשֶּׁ֨לַג׀toto the snowPreposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularJob 38:22שָׁ֑לֶגtoof snowNoun - masculine singular
Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned rowExodus 4:6
Aligned rows20
Books represented11
Exodus1Numbers12 Samuel12 Kings11 Chronicles1Job5Psalms3Proverbs3Isaiah2Jeremiah1Lamentations1
Source forms
שֶׁ֣לֶג3xše·leḡPsalms 147:16, Psalms 148:8, Jeremiah 18:14
הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃2xhaš·šā·leḡ2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22
שָׁ֑לֶג2xšā·leḡJob 9:30, Job 38:22
וְהַשֶּׁ֜לֶג1xwə·haš·še·leḡIsaiah 55:10
וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג1xū·miš·še·leḡPsalms 51:7
כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג1xkaš·še·leḡIsaiah 1:18
כַּשָּׁ֑לֶג1xkaš·šā·leḡNumbers 12:10
כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג׀1xkaš·še·leḡProverbs 26:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular7xJob 6:16, Job 9:30, Job 24:19, Job 38:22
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular5xExodus 4:6, Numbers 12:10, 2 Kings 5:27, Proverbs 26:1
Article | Noun - masculine singular2x2 Samuel 23:20, 1 Chronicles 11:22
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular2xProverbs 31:21, Lamentations 4:7
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular1xIsaiah 55:10
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular1xPsalms 51:7
Noun - masculine singular construct1xJeremiah 18:14
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular1xJob 37:6
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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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