Hail Weather

† בָּרָד n.m. Ex 9:18 hail (Arabic بَرَدٌ, Aramaic בְּרַד, ܒܰܪܕܳܐ; also Sab. ברדם, cold DHMZMG 1875, 607)—בָּרָד Ex 9:18 + 28 times;—hail, c. המטיר י׳ Ex 9:18, 23, c. נתן י׳ 9:23; also Ex 9:19, 22, 24, 25, 25, 26; 10:5, 12, 15; ‖ קֹלֹת thunder Ex 9:23, 28, 29, 33, ‖ קֹלֹת & מָטָר Ex 9:34, ‖ אשׁ lightning 9:24; all JE, Egyptian plague; cf. ψ 78:47, 48; 105:32; another great hailstorm Jos 10:11 (E), where אַבְנֵי הַבּ׳; further, in theoph ψ 18:13 (‖ גחלי־אשׁ) 2 S 22:13 om. by error; del. however in ψ 18:14 cf. De Che etc.; אוצרות ב׳ Jb 38:22, אשׁ וב׳ שׁלג וקיטור ψ 148:8, ירקון וב׳ Hg 2:17; in sim. Is 28:2 זרם ב׳ שׁער; fig. Is 28:17; 30:30 (אבן ב׳)—fig. of judgment of י׳.

χάλαζ-α [χᾰ], ης, ἡ, hail NT+8th c.BC+hailstones, Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, any pelting shower, ὀμβρία χ. Refs 5th c.BC+ __II any small knot like a hailstone, __II.1 pimple or tubercle in the flesh of swine, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.2 small cyst, such as grows on the eyelid, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.3 a knot or hard lump; in an egg, Refs 4th c.BC+crystals, Refs. (Cf. Sloven. žled, Little Russian oželeda 'sleet, ice'.)

† אֶלְגָּבִישׁ n.[m.] hail (= Ar. أَلْجِبْسُ gypsum; cf. sub גבשׁ) אַבְנֵי א׳ Ez 13:11, 13; 38:22.

† בֶּ֫רֶד 1. n.pr.loc. בָּ֑רֶד Gn 16:14 near Kadesh. 2. n.pr.m. בֶּ֫רֶד an Ephraimite 1 Ch 7:20.

† בָּרַד vb.denom. hail, וּבָרַד בְּרֶדֶת הַיָּ֑עַר consec. Is 32:19 it shall hail.