Baʻl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bal"

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Proto-Semitic *baʿl-.

Proper noun

Baʻl

  1. Alternative form of Baal.
    • 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:
      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.
    • 2011, Pritchard, James B., editor, The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures‎, Princeton University Press, page 295:
      I am Azitawadda, the blessed of Baʻl, the servant of Baʻl, whom Awrikku made powerful, king of the Danunites.
    • 2018, Maria Giulia Amadisi Guzzo, José Ángel Zamora, “The Phoenician Marzeaḥ”, in Studia Eblaitica‎, volume 4, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 198:
      The Phoenician text is followed by a short summary in Greek, where Shamaʻbaʻl ("Baʻl listens") has the Greek name Διοπείθης ("Obeying Zeus").
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