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שׁוּל

shul · hem, skirts

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7757 · appears 11 times in the Bible

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What it means

shul (שׁוּל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hem, skirts”.

The lower edge, the skirts of a garment; also the train of a robe (Isaiah 6:1).

How to say it

shul

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The bottom edge of a garment.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • hem ×6
  • skirts ×5

Where it appears

  • Exodus 28:33

    On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, on its hem all around, and bells of gold between them all around:

  • Exodus 28:34

    a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe all around.

  • Exodus 39:24

    And they made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet, twisted.

  • Exodus 39:25

    And they made bells of pure gold and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around, between the pomegranates:

  • Exodus 39:26

    a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe all around, for ministering, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

  • Isaiah 6:1

    In the year of the death of King Uzziah, I saw Adonai sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and his skirts filled the temple.

  • Jeremiah 13:22

    And if you say in your heart: “Why have these things happened to me?” For the multitude of your iniquity your skirts have been uncovered, your heels have suffered violence.

  • Jeremiah 13:26

    So I also have stripped your skirts over your face, and your disgrace is seen.

  • Lamentations 1:9

    Her uncleanness is in her skirts; she did not remember her end, and she has come down astonishingly; she has no one to comfort her. “See, YHWH, my affliction, for the enemy has made himself great.”

  • Nahum 3:5

    “Look, I am against you, declares YHWH Tsevaot, and I will uncover your skirts over your face, and I will show nations your nakedness, and kingdoms your shame.

And 1 more times.