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Proverbs 26:1

“As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שֶׁלֶגsheleg · sheh'-leg
H7950 · Hebrew

Definition: snow (probably from its whiteness)
Derivation: from H7949 (שָׁלַג);
KJV renderings: snow(-y).
Grammar: כַּ — preposition with definite article
שֶּׁ֤לֶג — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HRd/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 20 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 4:6 Numbers 12:10 2 Samuel 23:20 2 Kings 5:27 1 Chronicles 11:22

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שֶׁלֶג here.

Verse 2

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.