Word Study · Strong's H7776 · Hebrew
שׁוּעָל
shual
shoo-awl'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shûwʻâl
“a jackal (as a burrower)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a jackal (as a burrower)
Rendered in the KJV as
fox.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- כְּשֻׁעָלִ֖ים1
- שׁוּעָ֔ל1
- שׁוּעָלִ֑ים1
- שֽׁוּעָלִ֔ים1
- שֽׁוּעָלִ֥ים1
- שׁוּעָלִ֖ים1
- שֻׁעָלִ֣ים1
How it is rendered · 3
- foxes5
- a fox1
- like foxes1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine plural5
- noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 5
- HNcmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmpa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Song of Solomon2 of 7 · 29%
- Judges1 of 7 · 14%
- Nehemiah1 of 7 · 14%
- Psalms1 of 7 · 14%
- Lamentations1 of 7 · 14%
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Psalms1 occurrence
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 2:15שֽׁוּעָלִ֔יםshualimnoun · masculine pluralCatch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom.here: foxes
- Song of Solomon 2:15שֽׁוּעָלִ֥יםshualimnoun · masculine pluralCatch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom.here: foxes
Lamentations1 occurrence
Same headword in Strong's