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strooc protert is raised against the prevalent view of the
text of this passage by Cheyne, Pr.i?l,]
A. E. S.-S. A. C.
SNABE. or wpin, rn*+?r; no, ph; $an, ,i.bi.c;
also Bpdx~s (=nilkZa and =.yir (=mdki =nd$ah), see FOWL,
% 9. For *d!ldzh, see Nrr, 4, and for 322% f36arh
(Job188 AY), see NET, 5. For njl3,jd~fh (h.3+7 AV),
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SNOW (4~. iilez: Bib.-Aram. l$m, fP&; Ass.
a ; I ) . Likerain and hail, the snow wastradi.
tionally supposed to be kept in store-chambers in the
sky (Job38~2). It is at God's command that it falls
(Job376 Ecclus. 431~) ; it is he who 'p1uc.k our rnow
like wool' (Pr. lli16, read 9")~). Its sure effect in
fertilising the ground supplies a figure for the certainty
of prophecy (Ir.5510 f) ; its brilliant whiteness, for the
dear compierion of Ihorr exempt from agricizlturai toil
(Lam. 4~). for a conscience free from the sense of guilt
(Ps. 517[9] is. l xs), for the appearance of lepers (Ex.
46 Nu. 12ro 2 K. 527). for the shining raiment (Dnn.
7oi ., and hair (Rev. liai of a heaveniv or divine being.
NO lets than five refe;;nces to snowbccur in the ~ ozk
of Job. In describing the treachery of his friends. Job
refers to the ice and rnow which helo to swell the
streams from the mountalnr in spring' (Job6r6); and
twlce again he refers to the rnow water (930 24q [not
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