שָׁלַג
shâlag · shaw-lag'
to be snow-white (with the linen clothing of the slain)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, meaning to be white; used only as denominative from H7950 (שֶׁלֶג);
to be snow-white (with the linen clothing of the slain)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be as snow.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › to carry, to lift up
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁלַג above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in it, it was white as snow1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.