Definition
or שֻׁעָל; from the same as H8168; a jackal (as a burrower)
Traditional renderings: fox.
Traditional renderings: fox.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Judges 15:4שׁוּעָלִ֑ים · foxesThen Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.
- Nehemiah 4:3שׁוּעָ֔ל · a foxThen Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
- Psalm 63:10שֻׁעָלִ֣ים · for foxesThey will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
- Song of Solomon 2:15שֽׁוּעָלִ֔ים · the foxes; שֽׁוּעָלִ֥ים · foxesCatch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
- Lamentations 5:18שׁוּעָלִ֖ים · by foxes…because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
- Ezekiel 13:4כְּשֻׁעָלִ֖ים · like foxesYour prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins.