שֶׁלֶג
sheleg · sheh'-leg
snow (probably from its whiteness)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7949 (שָׁלַג);
snow (probably from its whiteness)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: snow(-y).
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 שֶׁלֶג 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- as snow3 · 15%
- of snow2 · 10%
- the snow2 · 10%
- of the snow2 · 10%
- than snow2 · 10%
- snow2 · 10%
- white as snow1 · 5%
- as white as snow1 · 5%
- in a snowy1 · 5%
- and wherein the snow1 · 5%
- myself with1 · 5%
- to the snow1 · 5%
- and the snow1 · 5%
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.