shuq denotes a street or city thoroughfare, the place of passing, going about, and searching.

The term denotes a street or public city thoroughfare: people pass by it, mourners go about in it, doors are shut in relation to it, and a seeker travels through such places in the city.

1. Public street or city thoroughfare · dominant

   The singular form occurs where doors are shut in relation to it and mourners go about in it in Ecclesiastes 12:4 and Ecclesiastes 12:5; in Proverbs 7:8, a person passes along it beside a corner. The plural form in Song of Songs 3:2 occurs in the search through the city's streets and squares; in Song of Songs 3:2 the APB renders the clause "through its streets and its squares."

   Ecclesiastes 12:4Ecclesiastes 12:5Proverbs 7:8Song of Songs 3:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "the street" in Ecclesiastes 12:4, Ecclesiastes 12:5, and Proverbs 7:8, and as "streets" in Song of Songs 3:2. These renderings confirm the verses' setting rather than isolate each token mechanically.