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Shuah is the name of one of four minor Biblical figures. It is sometimes used as the name of a fifth. Their names are different in Hebrew, but they were all transliterated as "Shuah" in the King James Version of the Bible.
Genesis 25
[edit]Shuah (Hebrew: שׁוּחַ, romanized: Šūaḥ, "ditch; swimming; humiliation"[1] or "sinks down"[2]) was the sixth son of Abraham (the patriarch of the Israelites) and Keturah, whom Abraham had wed after the death of Sarah.[3][4] He was the youngest of Keturah's sons; the other sons were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, and Ishbak.[3]
Genesis 38
[edit]Shuah or Shua (Hebrew: שׁוּעַ, romanized: Šūaʿ, "opulence"[5] or "cry for help"[6]) was a certain Canaanite, whose unnamed daughter marries Judah.[7] He was thereby also the grandfather of Er, Onan, Shelah.
The Targum translates "Canaanite man" as "merchant", and Rashi refers to this. In the Talmud, Pesachim 50a, there is a discussion explaining this translation.
In the King James Version, Genesis 38:2 reads "And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah ..." This is ambiguous as to who is named Shuah, the Canaanite or his daughter.[8] This has led some to say that Shuah was Judah's wife.[9][10]
Shuah in Greek is Σαυα, transliterated Sava.[11] The Septuagint is explicit that Sava was the daughter of the Canaanite man and the wife of Judah.
The reference to Judah's wife in Genesis 38:12 refers to her as the "daughter of Shuah", or "bat-Shuah" in Hebrew. This has led some to take Bat-Shuah (and variants) as her actual name.[12] A midrashic tradition says her name was Aliyath.[13] Bat-Shuah is also an alternative name for Bathsheba, wife of Judah's descendant, King David.[14]
1 Chronicles 4
[edit]Shuah or Shuhah (Hebrew: שׁוּחָה, romanized: Šūḥā) is a descendant of Judah. No gender or father is named, just a brother Chelub and his descendants.[15] Ralbag in his commentary[16] says that Shuhah is the same as Hushah (חוּשָׁה) listed earlier in the genealogy. Nave says Shuhah is "probably the same" as Hushah.[17]
Shuah in Greek is ᾿Ασχὰ, transliterated Ascha.[18] The Septuagint states that Chaleb was Ascha's father.
1 Chronicles 7
[edit]Shuah or Shua (Hebrew: שׁוּעָא, romanized: Šūʿā, "wealth"[19]) was a great-granddaughter of Asher. She was the daughter of Heber, who was a son of Beriah, a son of Asher. Her brothers were Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham.[20]
Shuah in Greek is Σωλὰ, transliterated Sola.[21]
References
[edit]- ↑ Hitchcock's Bible Dictionary: Shuah
- ↑ Brown-Driver-Briggs
- 1 2 Genesis 25:1–6
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 1:32
- ↑ Brown-Driver-Briggs
- ↑ Strong's Concordance
- ↑ Genesis 38:2,12
- ↑ The Hebrew says "his name", and Genesis 38:12 refers to the death of Shuah's daughter.
- ↑ John Parker Lawson (1850). The Bible Cyclopedia. Vol. 3. p. 791.
- ↑ John Kitto (1869). An Illustrated History of the Holy Bible. p. 139.
- ↑ From the Septuagint and Brenton .
- ↑ Richard S. Chapin (1999). The Biblical Personality. Jason Aronson. p. 48. ISBN 9780765760333.
- ↑ Sefer haYashar. Chapter 45:4,29
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 3:5
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 4:11
- ↑ מקראות גדולות דברי הימים א
- ↑ Nave's Topical Index
- ↑ From the Septuagint and Brenton, .
- ↑ Strong's Concordance
- ↑ 1 Chronicles 7:32
- ↑ From the Septuagint and Brenton .