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title: תְּלַג — snow · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: תְּלַג (lemma:תְּלַג), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: snow. BDB 1906: snow. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּלַג

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«תְּלַג» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **snow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:תְּלַג · **BDB:** תְּלַג

### Glosses

snow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

snow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b7_5d2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

snow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b7_5d2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] snow (𝔗 Syriac; BH שֶׁלֶג);—abs.ת׳ Dn 7:9 (sim.).

### Jastrow 1903

תְּלַג: snow; cold, chill [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b7_5d2/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** \= h. שֶׁלֶג, snow; cold, chill. Targ. Ps. LI, 9. Ib. LXVIII, 15; a. fr.—Taan. 3ᵇ מעלי ת׳ וכ׳ snow on the mountains is as good as five rains on the ground. Snh. 18ᵇ אם … בת׳ ימות if in the morning the ox nearly dies from cold. Gitt. 67ᵇ לת׳ as a remedy for chills. Ib. הוו מגנו ליה את׳ they made him lie on the snow; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּלַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b7_5d2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.9/)

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חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֗ית עַ֣ד דִּ֤י כָרְסָוָן֙ רְמִ֔יו וְעַתִּ֥יק יוֹמִ֖ין יְתִ֑ב לְבוּשֵׁ֣הּ ׀ כִּתְלַ֣ג חִוָּ֗ר וּשְׂעַ֤ר רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ כַּעֲמַ֣ר נְקֵ֔א כָּרְסְיֵהּ֙ שְׁבִיבִ֣ין דִּי־נ֔וּר גַּלְגִּלּ֖וֹהִי נ֥וּר דָּלִֽק׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was until that thrones they.were.placed and.\[one\] ancient of.days he.sat clothing his like snow \[was\].white and the.hair of his.head like wool \[was\].pure throne his \[was\].flames (diy).of fire wheels its \[were\].fire burning

*JPS 1917:* I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was as white snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

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