Etymology

baal

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Today it means: A false deity or idol. Full definition →

English Baal ← Proto-Semitic *baʕl- ← Phoenician 𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl)
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baal · noun1

  1. Biblical Hebrewבַּעַל (báʿal)
  2. Ancient GreekΒᾰ́ᾰλ (Bắăl)
  3. Late LatinBaal
  4. Proto-Semitic*baʕl-
  5. Phoenician𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl)
  6. Proto-Semitic*baʕl-
  7. EnglishBaal
  8. English todaybaal

From Baal.

Baal · proper noun2

  1. Biblical Hebrewבַּעַל (báʿal)
  2. Ancient GreekΒᾰ́ᾰλ (Bắăl)
  3. Late LatinBaal
  4. Proto-Semitic*baʕl-
  5. Phoenician𐤁𐤏𐤋 (bʿl)
  6. Proto-Semitic*baʕl-
  7. English todayBaal

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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