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

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.
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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).