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title: שָׁלַג — snow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁלַג (7949), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: snow. BDB 1906: vb.denom. snow. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁלַג

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«שָׁלַג» in the Tanakh 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:** 7949 · **BDB:** שָׁלַג

### Glosses

let.it.snow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

snow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7949/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. snow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7949/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. snow;—Impf. 3 fs. תַּשְׁלֵג (Ges§ 109 k), impers ψ 68:15 it snows on Ṣalmon (meaning obscure).

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁלַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7949/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 68:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.15/)

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בְּפָ֘רֵ֤שׂ שַׁדַּ֓י מְלָ֘כִ֤ים בָּ֗הּ תַּשְׁלֵ֥ג בְּצַלְמֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* when scatters \[the\].Almighty kings in it let.it.snow on Zalmon

*JPS 1917:* When the Almighty scattereth kings therein, it snoweth in Zalmon.

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