Baal
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.
- (countable, lowercase, sometimes, uncountable) Various other Baalim, understood as distinct patron gods or as local patron aspects the great god Baal.
- (countable, uncountable) One of the demons or fallen angels of Satan.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbeɪəl/
Etymology
From Late Latin Baal (as in the Vulgate) and Ancient Greek Βάαλ (Báal); from Hebrew בַּעַל (bá`al, “lord, husband, owner”), Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl, “lord, master, owner”) and Ugaritic 𐎁𐎓𐎍 (baʿlu, “lord, owner”), all from Proto-Semitic *baʿl- (“owner, lord, husband”).
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