H7772 H7772
Shoa, an ancient people identified with Sutû nomads of Mesopotamia and beyond the Tigris
Ezekiel invokes this people group alongside Babylonians, Chaldeans, Pekod, and Koa as enemies who will judge Jerusalem. Ancient sources identify them with the Sutû, nomadic groups who ranged across Mesopotamian territories and eastward. The prophet's list reads like a geopolitical roll call of Babylon's confederates, each name representing a distinct threat converging on the unfaithful city.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Appears in Ezekiel 23:23 in a catalog of Babylon's allies. Assyrian records mention the Sutû or Sutî as nomadic peoples, suggesting Shoa represents mobile warrior groups who would join in Jerusalem's judgment. The multilingual evidence preserves the name with slight variations (Schoua in French), indicating these were recognized ethnic designations across ancient Near Eastern diplomacy. 1×
AR["وَشُوعَ"]·ben["এবং-শোয়া"]·DE["[ושוע]"]·EN["and-Shoa"]·FR["et-Schoua"]·heb["ו-שוע"]·HI["और-शोआ"]·ID["dan-Soa"]·IT["[ושוע]"]·jav["lan-Syoa"]·KO["그리고-쇼아와"]·PT["e-Shoa"]·RU["и-Шоа"]·ES["y-Shoa"]·SW["na-Shoa"]·TR["ve-Şoa"]·urd["اور-شوع"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† III. שׁוֹעַ n.pr.gent. Ez 23:23 usually identified with Assyrian Sutû, Sutî, nomads of Mesop. and (later) E. of Tigris, DlPa 234 ff. COT ad loc. Wkl KAT.3. 22 DrHast.DB Koa.