Lexical Definition

‎שׁוּעָל‎ shûwʻâl (shoo-awl') fox ^H:N-M
or שֻׁעָל shuʻâl (shoo-awl'); from the same as ‎שֹׁעַל‎

fox.

• a jackal (as a burrower)

1) fox, a burrower
1a) fox
1b) perhaps also jackal

See Greek: ἀλώπηξ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎שׁוּעָל‎ noun masculine^{Song 2:15} fox, perhaps also jackal; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Neh 3:25 plural ‎שׁוּעָלִים‎ Judg 15:4 +, ‎׳‎‎שֻׁ‎ Ezek 13:4; Song 2:15 b; — fox (probably) Neh 3:25; Song 2:15 (twice in verse); perhaps (from large number) jackal Judg 15:4 as haunting ruins Ezek 13:4; Lam 5:18 eating offal Ps 63:11*.

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