Baal (/ˈbeɪ.əl, ˈbɑː.əl/), or Baʻal (Hebrew: בַּעַל baʿal), was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or 'lord' in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken...
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Beelzebub (redirect from Baal-zebub)
Beelzebub or Baʿal Zebub (/biːˈɛlzəbʌb, ˈbiːl-/ bee-EL-zə-bub, BEEL-; Hebrew: בַּעַל־זְבוּב Baʿal-zəḇūḇ), also spelled Beelzebul or Belzebuth, and occasionally...
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Baal Hammon, properly Baʿal Ḥamon (Phoenician and Punic: 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤇𐤌𐤍, romanized: Baʿl Ḥamōn), meaning "Lord Hammon", was the chief god of Carthage....
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The Baal Cycle is an Ugaritic text (c. 1500–1300 BCE) about the Canaanite god Baʿal (lit. "Owner", "Lord"), a storm god associated with fertility. The...
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Baal-hanan (Hebrew: בַּעַל חָנָן / בָּעַל חָנָן, Standard Baʿal Ḥanan Tiberian Baʿal Ḥānān / Bāʿal Ḥānān) means "Baal has been gracious". There are two...
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Israel ben Eliezer or Yisroel ben Eliezer (1698 – 22 May 1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov (/ˌbɑːl ˈʃɛm ˌtʊv, ˌtʊf/; Hebrew: בעל שם טוב) or as the BeShT, was...
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previously followed a secular lifestyle or a less frum form of Judaism. The baal teshuva movement is a description of the return of secular Jews to religious...
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Bael (demon) (redirect from Baal (demon))
Bael (Ba’al or Baal) is a demon described in demonological grimoires such as The Lesser Key of Solomon and the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (where he is the...
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Baʿal Berith (Hebrew: בעל ברית, lit. 'Baʿal of the Covenant') and El Berith (Hebrew: אל ברית, lit. 'God of the Covenant') are titles of a god or gods...
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Look up Baal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Baal is a Semitic term for "Lord" or "owner". Baal may also refer to: Baal (demon), a Christian demon...
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Baʽal Zephon (Hebrew: בַּעַל צְפֹן Baʿal Ṣəfōn; Akkadian: Bēl Ḫazi (dIM ḪUR.SAG); Ugaritic: baʿlu ṣapāni; Hurrian: Tešub Ḫalbağe; Egyptian: bꜥr ḏꜣpwnꜣ)...
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Hadad (redirect from Baal Hadad)
Babylonian Bel.[citation needed] The Baal Cycle or Epic of Baal is a collection of stories about the Canaanite Baal, also referred to as Hadad. It was composed...
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British Association for Applied Linguistics (redirect from BAAL)
Linguistics (BAAL) is a learned society, based in the UK, which provides a forum for people interested in language and applied linguistics. BAAL organises...
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Astarte (section As consort of Baal)
brides of Baal, and later sources, such as the role of the Phoenician ʿAštart as the consort of Baal, also suggest that ʿAṯtartu was a consort of Baal, although...
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Baal is an EP by the English musician David Bowie, comprising recordings of songs written for Bertolt Brecht’s play Baal. It is sometimes referred to as...
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Apocalypse (character) (redirect from Baal (comics))
as an infant. He is rescued by Baal of the Sandstormers who sees the child's potential power and will to survive. Baal names him En Sabah Nur, which Marvel...
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Mephibosheth (redirect from Meri-baal)
מְפִיבֹשֶׁת, romanized: Məp̄īḇošeṯ, also called Meribaal, מְרִיב־בַּעַל, Mərīḇ-Baʻal), or Miphibosheth, was the son of Jonathan—and, thus, a grandson of Saul—mentioned...
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Baal is a Danish rock band formed in 1994 in Copenhagen. Besides their studio records, Baal has also created music for three musicals. Baal started out...
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Baal Shiv – Mahadev Ki Andekhi Gatha is an Indian Hindi-language mythology series produced by Anirudh Pathak under the banner of Zee Studios. It was premiered...
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Gideon (redirect from Jerub-Baal)
nineteenth-century Strong's Concordance derives the name "Jerubbaal" from "Baal will contend", in accordance with the folk etymology, given in Judges 6:32...
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Johann Baal also Pater Marianus Baal (18 December 1657 in Karlstadt – 1701) was a German composer. Baal was attached to the court of the Prince-Bishopric...
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god El and his consort Asherah, with other significant deities including Baal, Anat, Astarte, and Mot. Canaanite religious practices included animal sacrifice...
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Numbers 31 (redirect from Baal-Peor)
the Hebrew nation to immoral acts and, through these, to the worship of Baal-peor. The God of the Hebrews, adds Balaam, according to the Rabbis, hates...
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Baal Krishna (transl. Little Krishna) is an Indian Hindi mythological television series which premiered on 14 March 2016 to 24 March 2017 and was broadcast...
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Baal-Hermon (בַּעַל חֶרְמוֹן) is a biblical geographical locale of uncertain boundaries in northern Israel or southern Lebanon, perhaps on Mount Hermon...
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Baal was the first full-length play written by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. It concerns a wastrel youth who becomes involved in several...
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Genesis 14:14. Yoshitaka Kobayashi considers it an anachronism, but the use of Baal rather than El may indicate a play on an existing local name. If the reference...
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The Canaanite god Baal in the Hebrew Bible is referenced in popular culture. Some influences in popular culture derive not from the Baal in the Hebrew Bible...
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A baal keriah (Hebrew: בַּעַל קְרִיאָה, 'master of the reading'), colloquially called the baal korei (Hebrew: בַּעַל קוֹרֵא, 'master-reader'), is a...
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