Hail בָּרָד

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Aug 21, 2025 · 4m

We are in chapter nine of Exodus with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible in our chapter. בָּרָד hailstones, hail. It is used 29 times in the Old Testament, 14 times in our chapter alone. Our word is used in the sense of precipitation consisting of lumps or spheres of ice that can be destructive. We find our word used to describe God’s awesome power. Job 38:22-23 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the בָּרָ֣ד hail, which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle? Our word is used most of the time as one of the ways God…