בעלא

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʕlɑ/

Noun

בַּעֲלָא • (baʿlā) m (plural בַּעֲלַיָּא)

1. lord, master
2. head of household
3. husband
4. Baal

References

• “bˁl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 182