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title: שׁוּעַ — Shua · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוּעַ (7770), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Shua. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוּעַ

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«שׁוּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shua** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7770 · **BDB:** שׁוּעַ

### Glosses

\[was\].Shua (1); of.Shua (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shua [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7770/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7770/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Judah’s wife, 𝔊 Σαυα, Gn 38:2 and (after cstr. בַּת) v 12 1 Ch 2:3; v. בַּת־שׁוּע p. 124 supr., and cf. on meaning (אֲבִי)שׁוּעַ p. 4, (אֱלִי)שׁוּעַ p. 46.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7770/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 38:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.2/)

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וַיַּרְא־שָׁ֧ם יְהוּדָ֛ה בַּת־אִ֥ישׁ כְּנַעֲנִ֖י וּשְׁמ֣וֹ שׁ֑וּעַ וַיִּקָּחֶ֖הָ וַיָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.saw there Judah a.daughter of.a.man a.Canaanite and name his \[was\].Shua and he took.her and he.went into her

*JPS 1917:* And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her.

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[Genesis 38:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.12/)

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וַיִּרְבּוּ֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וַתָּ֖מָת בַּת־שׁ֣וּעַ אֵֽשֶׁת־יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם יְהוּדָ֗ה וַיַּ֜עַל עַל־גֹּֽזֲזֵ֤י צֹאנוֹ֙ ה֗וּא וְחִירָ֛ה רֵעֵ֥הוּ הָעֲדֻלָּמִ֖י תִּמְנָֽתָה׃

*Word for word:* and they.increased the days and she.died the.daughter of.Shua the.wife of.Judah and he.was.comforted Judah and he.went.up to the.shearers his.sheep his he and Hirah friend his the Adullamite to Timnah

*JPS 1917:* And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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