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title: שׁוּעָל — fox · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוּעָל (7776), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: fox. BDB 1906: n.m. fox jackal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוּעָל

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«שׁוּעָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fox** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 7776 · **BDB:** שׁוּעָל

### Glosses

foxes (5); a.fox (1); of.foxes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fox [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7776/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fox jackal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7776/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ct 2:15 fox, perhaps also jackal;—abs. שׁ׳ Ne 3:25; pl. שׁוּעָלִים Ju 15:4 +, שֻׁ׳ Ez 13:4; Ct 2:15 b;—fox (prob.) Ne 3:25; Ct 2:15(×2); perhaps (from large no.) jackal Ju 15:4; as haunting ruins Ez 13:4; La 5:18; eating offal ψ 63:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוּעָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7776/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 63:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.63.11/)

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יַגִּירֻ֥הוּ עַל־יְדֵי־חָ֑רֶב מְנָ֖ת שֻׁעָלִ֣ים יִהְיֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* people will.pour.him over \[the\].hands of.\[the\].sword \[the\].portion of.foxes they.will.be

*JPS 1917:* They shall be hurled to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes.

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[Ezekiel 13:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.13.4/)

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כְּשֻׁעָלִ֖ים בָּחֳרָב֑וֹת נְבִיאֶ֥יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הָיֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* like foxes among ruins prophets your O.Israel they.have.been

*JPS 1917:* O Israel, thy prophets have been like foxes in ruins.

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