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Shuah  -  -  -  , Shoa
There are four different Hebrew names that transliterated into English form the name Shuah, or variations thereof depending on the translation. The name Shoa (or variations thereof) is spelled the same as one of the Shuah's but pronounced slightly different.
The first Shuah (; pronounced shuach) is a son of Abraham with Keturah (Gen 25:2). A feminine variation of this name occurs in 1 Chr 4:11: (pronounced shuachah), which is assigned to a (female?) descendant of Judah.
A completely different name occurs in Gen 38:2,12: (pronounced shua'), where it is the name of the father of a wife of Judah (a.k.a. Bathshuah). A variant of this name occurs in 1 Chr 7:32, (pronounced shua'a), where it is assigned to a daughter of Heber, a granddaughter of Asher, son of Jacob.
The name Shoa () occurs in Eze 23:23, where it is the name of a Chaldean tribe.
The names and come from the verb (shuah 2343.1), which means be bowed down, humble (according to TWOTOT ) and sink down (according to BDB). Derivations  and  mean pit. The latter is also used in the sense of destruction and grave.
The name of this son of Abraham (Gen 25:2) and the name of this perhaps female descendant of Judah (1 Chr 4:11) mean Brought Low or Put In A Pit.
The name looks exactly like the verb (shawa 2348), cry out (for help). Derivatives are (shua' 2348a), a cry (for help); (shoa' 2348b), a cry (for help);  (shaw'a 2348c), a cry (for help);
BDB lists the Shoa as mentioned in Eze 23:23 under this root. This name means A Cry.
BDB refers the names (Gen 38:2) and (1 Chr 7:32) to the verb  (yasha 929), be saved (the same verb that gives rise to name such as Joshua, Hosea and Isaiah). Among the derivatives of this verb we find the adjective  (shoa' 929c), independent or noble. The names of the father of Judah's wife (Gen 38:2) and the Asherite woman (1 Chr 7:32) may therefore mean Noble.
However, there is a peculiar noun that is used in Job 30:24 and 36:19, that is spelled . Some translations take this word to mean 'riches' (NAS, KJV), although BDB says that a derivation from (shawa 2348), to cry, is preferred, and TWOTOT doesn't even list the alternative of riches. Still, NOBSE reads Rich for Shoa and Prosperity for all variations of Shuah.
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