שׁוּעָל shûwʻâl

Meaning

a jackal (as a burrower)

In the King James Version: fox.

Derivation: or שֻׁעָל; from the same as H8168 (שֹׁעַל);

Where it is used

• Judges 15:4 Then 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 4:3 Then 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!”
• Psalms 63:10 They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
• Song of Solomon 2:15 Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
• Lamentations 5:18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
• Ezekiel 13:4 Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins.