Yes, we do have snow in the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible.
- Exodus 4:6
- Again, the Lord said to him, "Put your hand inside your cloak." He put his hand into his cloak; and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
- Numbers 12:10
- When the cloud went away from over the tent, Miriam had become leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron turned towards Miriam and saw that she was leprous.
- 2 Samuel 23:20
- Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant warrior from Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.
- 2 Kings 5:27
- Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you, and to your descendants forever." So he left his presence leprous, as white as snow.
- 1 Chronicles 11:22
- Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.
- Job 6:16
- My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed, like freshets that pass away, that run dark with ice, turbid with melting snow.
- Job 24:19
- Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned.
- Job 37:6
- For to the snow he says, "Fall on the earth'; and the shower of rain, his heavy shower of rain...
- Job 38:22
- "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail...
- Psalms 51:7
- Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
- Psalms 68:14
- When the Almighty scattered kings there, snow fell on Zalmon.
- Psalms 147:16
- He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.
- Psalms 148:8
- fire and hail, snow and frost, stormy wind fulfilling his command!
- Proverbs 25:13
- Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest are faithful messengers to those who send them; they refresh the spirit of their masters.
- Proverbs 26:1
- Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
- Isaiah 1:18
- Come now, let us argue it out, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
- Isaiah 55:10
- For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
- Jeremiah 18:14
- Does the snow of Lebanon leave the crags of Sirion? Do the mountain waters run dry, the cold flowing streams?
- Lamentations 4:7
- Her princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, their hair like sapphire.
- Daniel 7:9
- As I watched, thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne, his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels were burning fire.
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