Word Study · Strong's H7950 · Hebrew
שֶׁלֶג
sheleg
sheh'-leg
“snow (probably from its whiteness)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
snow (probably from its whiteness)
Rendered in the KJV as
snow(-y).
- 20occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 20 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- שֶׁ֣לֶג3
- הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃2
- שָׁ֑לֶג2
- וְהַשֶּׁ֜לֶג1
- וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג1
- כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג1
- כַּשָּׁ֑לֶג1
- כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג׀1
- כַּשָּֽׁלֶג׃1
- כַּשָּֽׁלֶג׃ ס1
- לַשֶּׁ֨לַג׀1
- מִשֶּׁ֔לֶג1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- snow7
- like the snow5
- the snow2
- [the] snow of1
- and more than snow1
- and the snow1
- from snow1
- more than snow1
- to the snow1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · masculine singular7
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular6
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 7
- HRd/Ncmsa · 6
- HR/Ncmsa · 2
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
All 20, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job5 occurrences
- Job 6:16שָֽׁלֶג׃shalegnoun · masculine singulardarkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,here: snow
- Job 9:30שָׁ֑לֶגshalegnoun · masculine singularIf I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,here: snow
- Job 24:19שֶׁ֗לֶגshelegnoun · masculine singularAs drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.here: snow
- Job 37:6לַשֶּׁ֨לַג׀lashelagpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularFor He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’here: to the snow
- Job 38:22שָׁ֑לֶגshalegnoun · masculine singularHave you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,here: snow
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 51:7וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶגumishelegconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singularPurify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.here: and more than snow
- Psalms 147:16שֶׁ֣לֶגshelegnoun · masculine singularHe spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;here: snow
- Psalms 148:8שֶׁ֣לֶגshelegnoun · masculine singularlightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,here: snow
Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 25:13שֶׁ֨לֶג׀shelegnoun · masculine singularLike the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.here: snow
- Proverbs 26:1כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג׀kashelegpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularLike snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.here: like the snow
- Proverbs 31:21מִשָּׁ֑לֶגmishalegpreposition + noun · masculine singularWhen it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.here: from snow
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:18כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶגkashelegpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singular“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.here: like the snow
- Isaiah 55:10וְהַשֶּׁ֜לֶגvehashelegconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularFor just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,here: and the snow