Baʻl

A form of baal — A false deity or idol.

OriginProto-Semitic *baʿl- →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Baal.

    I am Azitawadda, the blessed of Baʻl, the servant of Baʻl, whom Awrikku made powerful, king of the Danunites.

    2011, Pritchard, James B., editor, The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures, Princeton University Press, page 295
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    One of the most perplexing problems in the study of Canaanite religion and mythology is the relationship between the high god ʼĒl and the storm-god Baʻl as they are represented in the mythological texts from ancient Ugarit.

    1980, E. Theodore Mullen, “The Roles of ʼĒl and Baʻl in Canaanite Mythology”, in The Divine Council in Canaanite and Early Hebrew Literature, →DOI, page 9

    The Phoenician text is followed by a short summary in Greek, where Shamaʻbaʻl ("Baʻl listens") has the Greek name Διοπείθης ("Obeying Zeus").

    2018, Maria Giulia Amadisi Guzzo, José Ángel Zamora, “The Phoenician Marzeaḥ”, in Studia Eblaitica, volume 4, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 198

Origin

  1. Proto-Semitic*baʿl-
  2. EnglishBaʻl

Unadapted borrowing from Proto-Semitic *baʿl-.

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APA

Baʻl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ba%CA%BBl

MLA

“Baʻl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ba%CA%BBl. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Baʻl,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ba%CA%BBl.

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