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# Like the cold of snow at harvest time is a faithful messenger
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Here a faithful messenger is being compared to the cold of snow, because both are pleasant. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# the cold of snow
Snow only fell on the tops of mountains, and the harvest took place in hot weather, so this is probably a metaphor for cool, fresh water from a clean stream. If your language has no word for snow, consider "cool, fresh, clean water." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# snow
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white flakes of ice that fall from the sky like rain
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# brings back the life of his masters
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This means he makes his masters, who are weak and tired, to be strong and rested again.
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