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שָׁלַג shâlag — properly, meaning to be white

pronounced shaw-lag' · Strong's H7949 · 1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Hiph'il

Translated in the KJV as be as snow.

a primitive root; properly, meaning to be white; used only as denominative from H7950; to be snow-white (with the linen clothing of the slain).

shâlag in each stem

Hiph'il

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

תַּשְׁלֵ֥ג Ps 68:15 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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