coolness
tsin.nah denotes the refreshing coolness used to compare a faithful envoy’s effect on those who send him.
The attested use presents coolness as a refreshing comparison: in Proverbs 25:13, the construct form introduces the coolness of snow on a harvest day as the comparison for a faithful envoy.
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Refreshing coolness in a comparison · dominant
In Proverbs 25:13, the feminine singular construct form occurs in the phrase concerning snow on a harvest day. The verse compares that refreshment with a faithful envoy to those who send him; the APB renders the clause, “As the coolness of snow in the day of harvest.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 25:13, the APB presents the comparison as “the coolness of snow in the day of harvest.” This wording confirms the clause’s image rather than isolating each term mechanically.