shu.al is used as the proper name of a land named as the direction taken by a raiding party.

The attested use identifies a land: in 1 Samuel 13:17, שׁוּעָֽל is a proper noun in the phrase naming “the land of Shual” as the direction toward which one raiding party turned.

1. Land named as a raid's destination · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 13:17, the form שׁוּעָֽל is tagged as a proper noun and occurs in the directional phrase concerning a raiding party's route. The APB renders the clause “toward the land of Shual,” identifying the place toward which that group turned.

   1 Samuel 13:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 13:17, the APB presents the term in the phrase “the land of Shual.” It confirms the clause's place-name setting rather than supplying a lexical definition.