שׁוּעָל
shûwʻâl · shoo-awl'
a jackal (as a burrower)
Lexicon
Derivation: or שֻׁעָל; from the same as H8168 (שֹׁעַל);
a jackal (as a burrower)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fox.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to see and know › authority, the one who leads
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שׁוּעָל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- foxes2 · 29%
- if a fox1 · 14%
- for foxes1 · 14%
- us the foxes1 · 14%
- the foxes1 · 14%
- are like the foxes1 · 14%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.