שׁוּעָלshûwʻâl
fox, perhaps also jackal, perhaps (from large number) jackal (Song of Solomon 2:15; Nehemiah 3:25; Judges 15:4; Ezekiel 13:4; Lamentations 5:18)
Pronunciation: shoo-awl' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7776
Same root
- שֹׁעַלshôʻal · H8168the palm; by extension, a handful
- חֲצַר שׁוּעָלChătsar Shûwʻâl · H2705Chatsar-Shual, a place in Palestine
- שׁוּעָלShûwʻâl · H7777Shual, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
- שַׁעַלְבִיםShaʻalbîym · H8169Shaalbim or Shaalabbin, a place in Palestine
- שַׁעֲלִיםShaʻălîym · H8171Shaalim, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Judges 15:4 Then he went out and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together in pairs, and he fastened a torch to each pair of tails.
- Nehemiah 4:3 Tobiah the Ammonite, who was standing beside him, remarked, “That stone wall would collapse if even a fox walked along the top of it!”
- Psalms 63:10 They will die by the sword and become the food of jackals.
- Song of Solomon 2:15 Catch all the foxes, those little foxes, before they ruin the vineyard of love, for the grapevines are blossoming!
- Lamentations 5:18 For Jerusalem is empty and desolate, a place haunted by jackals.
- Ezekiel 13:4 “O people of Israel, these prophets of yours are like jackals digging in the ruins.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).