snow
part of speech
noun (snow); verb (snow, snows, snowed, snowing)
meaning for a pupil
1) Soft white flakes of frozen water that fall from clouds when it is very cold. tree →
2) A layer of fallen snow on the ground. tree →
3) As a verb, to fall as snow: "It's snowing!" tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah snow is a picture of whiteness, used for skin made pale by disease. In Psalms and Job snow is part of God's creation: He gives snow like wool, and it obeys His word. Interpretation: The tradition reads the snow in Psalms as one of the signs of God's power over nature, praised by all creation. In the primary lessons: In science, snow forms when water vapour freezes in cold clouds; every snowflake has six sides; snow melts at 0 °C into water. In safety: wear warm clothes; snow and ice are slippery; don't walk on frozen ponds. In Canada and the north of the USA, snow days close schools. Phrases: snowman, snowball, snowflake, snow day, snowed in, snowed under (very busy).
examples
- And when the cloud was removed from over the Tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Miriam; and, behold, she was leprous. (Torah NUM.12.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the LORD said furthermore unto him: 'Put now thy hand into thy bosom.' And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow. (Torah EXO.4.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- He covered them like a pavement, and poured upon them snow, and the earth was formed. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. (Writings PSA.147.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word; (Writings PSA.148.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself; (Writings JOB.6.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- It snowed all night. tree →
- We built a snowman. tree →
- Snow is frozen water. tree →
- Every snowflake has six sides. tree →
- School was closed for a snow day. tree →
- Snow melts when it gets warm. tree →
- Walk carefully on the snow. tree →
- I'm snowed under with homework. tree →
- There fell a shower of snow. tree →
note
"Snow" is uncountable: "some snow", "a lot of snow"; one piece is "a snowflake". Snow rarely falls in most of Australia, but it snows in its mountains and in New Zealand.
In the corpora
- Doth the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? or are the strange cold flowing waters plucked up?
- Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
- When the Almighty scattereth kings therein, it snoweth in Zalmon.
- He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
- Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
Trees and pragmatics
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