For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Be - more forcible than 'fall,' as Umbreit translates (Genesis 1:3). х hªwee' (H1933), from hawaah (H1933), to fall. But this is the Arabic sense. The Septuagint, as the English version, takes the Hebrew as the same as hªyeeh (H1961), the imperative of haayaah (H1961), to be.]
To the small rain ... - He saith, Be on the earth. The shower increasing from "small" to "great" is expressed by the plural showers (margin) following the singular shower. Winter rain (Song of Solomon 2:11).