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Ice

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(קֶרִח , ke'rach, so called from its smoothness, Job 6:16; elsewhere cold, "frost," Genesis 31:40; Jeremiah 36:30; i.e. ice, Job 37:10; but "crystal" in Ezekiel 1:22; or קֹרִח, ko'rach, id., poet. for hail, Psalms 147:17). See the above terms, and climate und er (See PALESTINE).