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shā´ul, shā´ul-ı̄ts (ש××וּל, shaÌ„'uÌ„l; ΣαοÌλ, SaouÌl):
(1) A king of Edom ( ff = ff).
(2) A son of Simeon (; ; ; ). The clan was of notoriously impure stock, and, therefore, Shaul is called “the son of a Canaanitish woman†(; ); the clan was of mixed Israelite and Canaanitish descent. The patronymic Shaulites is found in .
(3) An ancestor of Samuel ( (Hebrew 9)); in he is called “Joel.â€