Bible Person
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
Name meaning
ditch; swimming; humiliation
Identity
female
First appears
Gen 38:2
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.
Children
Name meaning
ditch; swimming; humiliation
Identity
female
A Canaanite whose daughter was married to Judah (1 Chr. 2:3). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.