Bible Person

Shuah

Meaning: ditch; swimming; humiliation · Female · 3 cross references

Shuah is the Canaanite man whose daughter becomes Judah's wife in Genesis. This figure appears at the edge of the Judah and Tamar narrative through a family connection that shapes Judah's household life. First appears in Gen 38:2.1

AI summary: Shuah matters because the cross references place the house inside the morally complex and formative story of Judah before the later rise of the tribe. Through his daughter, the family becomes part of the domestic setting in which failure, grief, and eventual line-preservation unfold. Taken together, the material presents Shuah as a Canaanite father whose connection helps frame one of Genesis' most consequential household narratives.1

Central Figure

Shuah

Meaning: ditch; swimming; humiliation

A Canaanite whose daughter was married to Judah (1 Chr.