שועל
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab- (“fox”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒈜𒀀 (šēlebum) and Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab). Compare also Yemeni Arabic ثَعَلْ.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃuːˈʕɔːl/ [ʃuːˈʕɔːl]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃuˈʕɔl/ [ʃuːˈʕɔːl]
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃuˈŋal/ (West), /ʃuˈʕal/ (East)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃuˈ(ʔ)ɔl/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃuˈ(ʔ)al/, /ʃuˈʕal/
Noun
[edit]שׁוּעָל • (shu'ál) m (plural indefinite שׁוּעָלִים, singular construct שׁוּעַל־, plural construct שׁוּעֲלֵי־, feminine counterpart שׁוּעָלָה)
- (zoology, in particular) fox (the red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur)
- Tanach, Judges 15:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיֵּלֶךְ שִׁמְשׁוֹן וַיִּלְכֹּד שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שׁוּעָלִים וַיִּקַּח לַפִּדִים וַיֶּפֶן זָנָב אֶל זָנָב וַיָּשֶׂם לַפִּיד אֶחָד בֵּין שְׁנֵי הַזְּנָבוֹת בַּתָּוֶךְ
- And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between every two tails.
Declension
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | שׁוּעָל | first | שׁוּעָלִי | שׁוּעָלֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַשּׁוּעָל | second | שׁוּעָלְךָ | שׁוּעָלֵךְ | שׁוּעַלְכֶם | שׁוּעַלְכֶן | |
| construct | שׁוּעַל־ | third | שׁוּעָלוֹ | שׁוּעָלָהּ | שׁוּעָלָם | שׁוּעָלָן | |
| plural | indefinite | שׁוּעָלִים | first | שועליי / שׁוּעָלַי | שׁוּעָלֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַשּׁוּעָלִים | second | שׁוּעָלֶיךָ | שועלייך / שׁוּעָלַיִךְ | שׁוּעֲלֵיכֶם | שׁוּעֲלֵיכֶן | |
| construct | שׁוּעֲלֵי־ | third | שׁוּעָלָיו | שׁוּעָלֶיהָ | שׁוּעֲלֵיהֶם | שׁוּעֲלֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
[edit]- שבולת שועל / שִׁבֹּלֶת שׁוּעָל (shibólet shu'ál, “oat”)
References
[edit]- H7776 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “שׁוּעָל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 646a
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1538b
- “שועל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]
שועל on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
