שׁוּעָל

«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.

Used: 7 times · Key: 7776 · BDB: שׁוּעָל

Glosses

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

Meaning (OSHB)

fox tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fox jackal tree →

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.

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 63:11

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.

Ezekiel 13:4

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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