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The spelling of the English term "Baal" derives from the Greek Báal (Β维αλ) which appears in the New Testament [16] and Septuagint, [17] and from its Latinized form Baal, which appears in the Vulgate. [17] These forms in turn derive from the vowel-less Northwest Semitic form B士L (Phoenician and Punic: 饜饜饜). [18]
Baal-hanan (Hebrew: 讘址旨注址诇 讞指谞指谉 / 讘指旨注址诇 讞指谞指谉, Standard Ba士al 岣nan Tiberian Ba士al 岣つ乶膩n / B膩士al 岣つ乶膩n) means "Baal has been gracious". [1] There are two men by this name in the Hebrew Bible. In Genesis 36:38–39, Baal-hanan is a King of Edom. He is also mentioned in the King List in 1 Chronicles 1:49–50.
Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament. The most prominent theophoric names are: names containing El, a word meaning might, power and (a) god in general, and hence in Judaism, God and among the Canaanites the name of the god who was the father of Baal. names containing Yah, a shortened form of Yahweh.
According to Yehezkel Kaufmann, "Baal-berith and El-berith of Judges 9:4,46 is presumably YHWH", as "ba'al was an epithet of YHWH in earlier times". [ 4 ] Elsewhere, some of the Shechemites are called "men of Hamor"; [ 5 ] this is compared to "sons of Hamor", which in the ancient Middle East referred to people who had entered into a covenant ...
The Hebrew Bible recounts that Ish-bosheth's reign was marked by war with David's forces, as both factions vied for control and legitimacy. According to biblical accounts, he was killed by two of his own army captains, Baanah and Rechab , who believed that assassinating Ish-bosheth would earn them favour with David.
Shalishah [a] or Baal-Shalisha is a place of uncertain identification mentioned in the Book of Kings (2 Kings 4:42) and the Talmud (Sanhedrin 12a). Baal-Shalisha is translated as "lord or master of three things", or "the third idol, the third husband; or, that governs or presides over three" ( Baal =lord/master; Shalisha ="three things", "third ...
Also abbreviated Jah, the most common name of God in the Hebrew Bible is the Tetragrammaton, 讬讛讜讛, which is usually transliterated as YHWH. The Hebrew script is an abjad, and thus vowels are often omitted in writing. YHWH is usually expanded to Yahweh in English. [11] Modern Rabbinical Jewish culture judges it forbidden to pronounce this name.
Rimmon ("pomegranate" in Hebrew) [3] [4] was a Syrian deity mentioned in the Second Book of Kings (2 Kings 5:18), to whom a temple was dedicated.In Syria, this storm god was also known as Hadad (interpreted to mean "the breast" in Biblical Hebrew) [5] [6] or Baal ("the Lord"), and in Assyria as Ramanu ("the thunderer", when borrowed from Akkadian - cf. Akkadian ramanu, "to roar").