The vibrational spectra of silica gel with low concentrations of water, 3%0 and 10%, were studied by inelastic neutron scattering at 5 K. The experimental spectrum for 3% water in silica gelshows dramatic changes compared to the spectra for the other known ice phases in the energy transfer region of 2 - 140 meV. Its intermolecular librational band is shifted to lower energy by about 20meV (or by a factor of 1.43) compared to ice Ih, and shows a similar librational band with liquid at 290K. A significant excess of low-frequency vibration modes (< 7 meV)over normal ice Ih and a very wide acoustic peak (4 - 15 meV) were observed. Experimental data indicate that little H2O (3%) in silica gelexhibits a strong softening of hydrogen bonds compared to bulk normal ice and all the other known ice phases.