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title: שׁוּל — skirt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוּל (7757), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: skirt. BDB 1906: n.m. skirt. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוּל

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«שׁוּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **skirt** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 7757 · **BDB:** שׁוּל

### Glosses

the.skirts (5); of.your.robe (3); skirts (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

skirt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7757/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. skirt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7757/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 6:1 skirt, of robe;—pl. cstr. שׁוּלֵי Ex 28:34 +; sf. שׁוּלַיִךְ Na 3:5 +, שׁוּלָיו Is 6:1 +, שׁוּלֶיהָ La 1:9;—skirts; of א׳’s train, in vision Is 6:1; elsewhere of city personif. as woman, in phrase of ignominy, חָשַׂפְתִּי שׁוּלַיִךְ Je 13:26, גִּלֵּיתִי שׁ׳ עַל־פָּנַיִךְ Na 3:5, נִגְלוּ שׁ׳ וגו׳ Je 13:22; of defilement, טֻמְאָתָהּ בְּשׁ׳ La 1:9; of high priest’s robe Ex 28:33(×2), 34 = 39:24, 25, 26 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7757/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.34/)

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פַּעֲמֹ֤ן זָהָב֙ וְרִמּ֔וֹן פַּֽעֲמֹ֥ן זָהָ֖ב וְרִמּ֑וֹן עַל־שׁוּלֵ֥י הַמְּעִ֖יל סָבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* a.bell of.gold and a.pomegranate a.bell of.gold and a.pomegranate \[will.be\].on the.skirts of the.robe all.around

*JPS 1917:* a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.

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[Jeremiah 13:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.26/)

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וְגַם־אֲנִ֛י חָשַׂ֥פְתִּי שׁוּלַ֖יִךְ עַל־פָּנָ֑יִךְ וְנִרְאָ֖ה קְלוֹנֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and also I I.will.strip.off of.your.robe the.skirts over face your and it.will.be.visible shame your

*JPS 1917:* Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.

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